User:Nightstallion/death penalty

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Contents 1 Abolished with exceptions, e. g. war crimes (10) 1.1 Americas (6) 1.2 Asia and Oceania (3) 1.3 Europe (1) 2 Legal, but not in use (32) 2.1 Africa (21) 2.2 Asia and Oceania (8) 2.3 Europe (1) 2.4 Americas (2) 3 Legal and in use (64) 3.1 Africa (19) 3.2 Asia and Oceania (30) 3.3 Americas (14) 3.4 Europe (1)

[edit] Abolished with exceptions, e. g. war crimes (10)

[edit] Americas (6)

•  Argentina
•  Bolivia
•  Brazil
•  Chile
•  El Salvador
•  Peru

[edit] Asia and Oceania (3)

•  Fiji
•  Israel
•  Kyrgyzstan

[edit] Europe (1)

•  Latvia

[edit] Legal, but not in use (32)

[edit] Africa (21)

•  Algeria
•  Benin — might be abolished
•  Burkina Faso
•  Central African Republic
•  Republic of the Congo
•  Eritrea
•  Gabon
•  Gambia — abolished in 1993 but reinstated by Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council in 1995
•  Ghana
•  Kenya — to be abolished
•  Madagascar
•  Malawi — moratorium since 1992
•  Mali — moratorium expired in 2004 (?)
•  Mauritania
•  Morocco — might be abolished in spring 2007
•  Niger
•  Swaziland
•  Tanzania
•  Togo
•  Tunisia
•  Zambia — might be abolished [1]

[edit] Asia and Oceania (8)

•  Brunei
•  Laos
•  Maldives
•  Myanmar
•  Nauru
•  Papua New Guinea
•  Sri Lanka — moratorium since 1976
•  Tonga

[edit] Europe (1)

•  Russia — moratorium since 1996

[edit] Americas (2)

•  Grenada
•  Suriname

[edit] Legal and in use (64)

[edit] Africa (19)

•  Botswana
•  Burundi
•  Cameroon
•  Chad
•  Comoros
•  Democratic Republic of the Congo
•  Egypt
•  Equatorial Guinea
•  Ethiopia
•  Guinea
•  Lesotho
•  Libya
•  Nigeria
•  Sierra Leone — might be abolished
•  Somalia
•  Sudan
•  Uganda
•  Zimbabwe

[edit] Asia and Oceania (30)

•  Afghanistan
•  Bahrain
•  Bangladesh
•  Cambodia
•  China
•  India
•  Indonesia
•  Iran
•  Iraq
•  Japan — might consider abolishment
•  Jordan — working towards abolishment, wants to become "first country in the Middle East" to abolish death penalty
•  Kazakhstan
•  North Korea
•  South Korea — unofficial moratorium since Kim Dae-jung took office in 1998; majority of Supreme Court against death penalty
•  Kuwait
•  Lebanon
•  Malaysia
•  Mongolia
•  Oman
•  Pakistan
•  Palestinian Authority
•  Qatar
•  Saudi Arabia
•  Singapore
•  Syria
•  Taiwan
•  Tajikistan — moratorium since 30 April 2004
•  Thailand
•  United Arab Emirates
•  Vietnam
•  Yemen

[edit] Americas (14)

•  Antigua and Barbuda
•  Bahamas
•  Barbados
•  Belize
•  Cuba
•  Dominica
•  Guatemala
•  Guyana
•  Jamaica
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis
•  Saint Lucia
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
•  Trinidad and Tobago
•  United States
  • Legal and in practice: Texas, Virginia, Oklahoma, Missouri, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, South Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arizona, Ohio, Indiana, Delaware, Illinois, Nevada, California, Mississippi, South Dakota, Utah, Maryland — might be abolished [2] [3], Washington, Pennsylvania, Nebraska — chance of being abolished [4], Kentucky, Montana, Oregon, Tennessee, Idaho, Connecticut, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming
  • Legal, no executions since 1976: Kansas, New York, New Hampshire

[edit] Europe (1)

•  Belarus