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Dec 16, 2022 · Death sentences in 2022 were 93.7% below the peak of 315 in 1996. Executions have dropped by 82% since their peak of 98 in 1999. The number of people on death row across the country also declined for the 21 st consecutive year, with resentencings to life or less again outpacing the number of new death sentences.
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For the 14th consecutive year, the USA remained the only country in the region to carry out executions. The number of executions carried out in the USA increased by 64%, rising from 11 in 2021 to 18 in 2022. Outgoing Governor of Oregon Kate Brown commuted all remaining death sentences in the state. For the sixth consecutive year, Guyana, Trinidad a...
In Asia-Pacific, eight countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Japan, Myanmar, North Korea, Singapore and Viet Nam) are known to have carried out executions in 2022, an increase from five in 2021. The number of new death sentences recorded regionally increased by 5% from 819 in 2021 to 861 in 2022. Military authorities carried out the first exec...
Belarus carried out one execution in 2022. It was the only country in Europe and Central Asia to do so. Kazakhstan abolished the death penalty for all crimes and ratified a key UN treaty on abolition. Russia and Tajikistan continued to observe moratoriums on executions.
The number of executions recorded in the Middle East and North Africa region increased by 59%, rising from 520 in 2021 to 825 in 2022. 94% of executions recorded in the region were carried out in Iran (70%) and Saudi Arabia (24%). Executions resumed in Kuwait and the State of Palestine for the first time since 2017. Recorded death sentences in the ...
Recorded executions in the region decreased by 67%, from 33 in 2021 to 11in 2022. The only known executions were recorded in Somalia and South Sudan. Recorded death sentences fell by 20%, from 373 in 2021 to 298 in 2022. Death sentences were recorded in 16 countries in 2022, compared to 19 in 2021. Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic abol...
Jan 27, 2022 · For every 8.2 people executed in the United States in the modern era of the death penalty, one person on death row has been exonerated.
May 16, 2023 · Recorded death sentences fell by 20%, from 373 in 2021 to 298 in 2022. Death sentences were recorded in 16 countries in 2022, compared to 19 in 2021. Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic abolished the death penalty for all crimes, while Equatorial Guinea and Zambia abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes only.
May 18, 2023 · The number of people known to have been executed around the world rose in 2022 to 883 people, including 13 women, in 20 countries, up from 579 in 18 countries the previous year. It is the highest figure recorded since 2017, according to a report by Amnesty International. 1
May 16, 2023 · Asia-Pacific. In Asia-Pacific, eight countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Japan, Myanmar, North Korea, Singapore and Viet Nam) are known to have carried out executions in 2022, an increase from five in 2021. The number of new death sentences recorded regionally increased by 5% from 819 in 2021 to 861 in 2022.
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+).
