Often dubbed europe s last dictatorship it executed two people in 2017 and more than 200 since 1990. As the map above shows every european country has abolished it with one exception. As of 2019 sixty three people are currently sitting on death row in america.
The death penalty was reenacted in the us back in the year 1976 and ever since the us has been responsible for about 1 493 deaths as a result of capital punishment sentences. Colorado is the most recent state to abolish the death penalty signing a bill into law in march. The death penalty is currently legal in 28 states though some states where it is legal like california pennsylvania and oregon have moratoriums on its use.
Of people were likely. People were executed in 2019 excluding china down 5 from 2018. Countries had completely abolished the death penalty by the end of 2019.
The death penalty is the ultimate cruel inhuman and degrading punishment and yet it is still being used to execute and issue death sentences around the world. Seven states carried out executions. Twenty two prisoners were executed in the united states in 2019.
Last updated on december 11 2019. Involved in crimes against humanity. 2 on the death penalty in iran 2019 table of contents 5 foreword by robert badinter 6 preface 7 2019 annual report at a glance 7 introduction 10 sources 11 facts and figures 11 execution trends over the last 12 years 11 monthly breakdown of executions in 2019 12 executions under hassan rouhani s presidential period 12 iran s new head of the judiciary.
In september 2019 the un secretary general reported credible accounts of gross fair trial rights violations such as. In february 2019 the un special rapporteur on the human rights situation in iran noted that the death penalty is applied in circumstances that raise due process concerns and called on iran to put an end to the death penalty. It is one of 55 countries worldwide applying it and was the first to develop lethal injection as.
The united states is the only developed western nation that applies the death penalty regularly.
Death penalty map 2019. The supreme court of bosnia and herzegovina had abolished the death penalty in the republika srpska in 2019 making bosnia and herzegovina in practice the last country in europe except for belarus and russia to fully abolish the death penalty on all of the levels of its judiciary. On october 11 2018 the washington supreme court declared the state s death penalty statute unconstitutional saying that it was applied in an arbitrary and racially discriminatory manner. In may 2019 the new hampshire legislature voted to abolish the death penalty. However the repeal was not retroactive leaving one person on the state s.
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the united states currently used by 28 states the federal government and the military. Its existence can be traced to the beginning of the american colonies.
Its existence can be traced to the beginning of the american colonies. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the united states currently used by 28 states the federal government and the military. However the repeal was not retroactive leaving one person on the state s.
In may 2019 the new hampshire legislature voted to abolish the death penalty. On october 11 2018 the washington supreme court declared the state s death penalty statute unconstitutional saying that it was applied in an arbitrary and racially discriminatory manner. The supreme court of bosnia and herzegovina had abolished the death penalty in the republika srpska in 2019 making bosnia and herzegovina in practice the last country in europe except for belarus and russia to fully abolish the death penalty on all of the levels of its judiciary.
