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- As of 2021, 2,382 prisoners in the U.S. were under sentence of death. Of those sentenced, 97.9 percent were male, and around 40 percent of them were Black. In that same year, 84 prisoners were removed from death row, including 32 deaths occurring from natural causes.
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Global death sentences. At least 2,016 new death sentences across 52 countries were imposed in 2022, compared to at least 2,052 in 56 countries in 2021. Amnesty International recorded commutations or pardons of death sentences in 26 countries.
There were at least 27,687 people known to be under sentence of death at the end of the year. Commutations or pardons occurred in 27 countries, as well as 9 exonerations that occurred in Kenya (5), the U.S. (3), and Zimbabwe (1).
Over 70% of all countries have abolished the death penalty, with Kazakhstan and Papua New Guinea being recent examples, signaling a global trend away from capital punishment. China, as the top executor worldwide, conducts thousands of executions annually, with actual figures kept secret, highlighting issues of transparency in capital punishment ...
May 24, 2022 · At the end of 2021, at least 28,670 people were known to be under sentence of death. Nine countries held 82% of the known totals: Iraq (8,000+), Pakistan (3,800+), Nigeria (3,036+), USA (2,382), Bangladesh (1,800+), Malaysia (1,359), Viet Nam (1,200+), Algeria (1,000+), Sri Lanka (1,000+).
According to the latest figures from Amnesty International, in 2022: 55 countries had the death penalty. Nine of these countries had the death penalty only for the most serious crimes, such as...
Dec 16, 2022 · Key Findings. Eighth consecutive year with fewer than 30 executions and 50 new death sentences. Botched executions and protocol errors lead to halts in Alabama and Tennessee. Executions heavily concentrated in few jurisdictions – more than half in Oklahoma and Texas.
Since 1990 Amnesty International has documented at least 168 executions of people who were below the age of 18, in 10 countries: China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Sudan, the USA and Yemen. Several of these countries have changed their laws to exclude the practice.
