At least 5,843 people were sentenced to death, with Nigeria holding 52% of them (at least 3,036). The abolition of the death penalty is a precondition for membership of the European Union, which considers the death penalty to be a “cruel and inhumane” practice and “has no demonstrable deterrent effect on crime”. [331] The European Union takes a firm stance against the death penalty; their abolition is a central objective of the Union`s human rights policy. Abolition is also a prerequisite for membership of the European Union. In Europe, only Belarus continues to actively apply the death penalty. [24] [25] [26] [27] The Delegation of the European Union to the United States has made available to the public online archives of EU cooperation with the United States and individual states in previous death penalty cases. The archive contains letters from EU ambassadors to the US to the State Department, state governors and pardon committees; official statements and statements by the European Union on concerns about the death penalty; and amicus curiae briefs filed by the European Union in court proceedings in the United States; among other materials. the death penalty for murder; Blasphemy; Homosexuality; Adultery; Treachery; Rape; Theft; Incest; aiding and abetting the suicide of a person who is legally incapable of consenting to consent; perjury in a capital case leading to unlawful execution; Terrorism; Terrorist attacks; certain service offences; Sodomy; [107] Abduction and practice of indigenous beliefs in Sharia states. [108] Each of the 36 states has its own laws. The northern states (with a Muslim majority) also apply Sharia law.

Some states in southern Nigeria are de facto abolitionist, having imposed a moratorium on the death penalty since 2004,[109] while others continue to carry out executions. Other arguments argue that the death penalty reduces the final burden of keeping criminals alive in prison systems at taxpayers` expense. Opponents of this view argue that the protection of the human right to life should not be determined by cost-cutting penalties, and also argue that death row inmates make up less than 1% of those on death row, whose execution would result in negligible savings for taxpayers. However, if a criminal is convicted of committing a military crime, he is shot. This is a very violent tactic, so it is often not even considered a viable method of execution. However, South Korea, like China, continues to execute criminals with gunfire. The difference between South Korea and China is that South Korea reserves firing squad as an excessive punishment for individuals who have committed criminal activities that have affected the country`s military in one way or another. Thirty of the 50 U.S.

states have legalized the death penalty, and the government carries out these executions at the state level. If necessary, the Federal Government also applies the death penalty. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, at 639 per 100,000 population. There are more than 2 million prisoners in the United States, thousands of whom are currently on death row. Twenty-five people convicted of criminal activities and sentenced to death were eventually executed in 2018, although forty-two inmates were sentenced to death on their heads. The death penalty was reintroduced in the United States in 1976, and since then the United States has been responsible for approximately 1,493 deaths due to the death penalty. As of 2019, there were currently 63 people on death row in America. The Chinese government remains the world`s leading executioner and exceptionally applies the death penalty. Unlike countries like the United States, where death penalty cases are published and execution dates announced, China has a rule that all executions on the death penalty must remain private and confidential. So they are considered a secret, and even families won`t find out until after it happens. In July, the Sierra Leone Parliament unanimously passed a law abolishing the death penalty for all crimes.

Kazakhstan passed a law abolishing the death penalty for all crimes in December, which entered into force this year. Papua New Guinea launched a national consultation on the death penalty, which resulted in the adoption of an abolitionist law in January 2022, which has not yet entered into force. The Malaysian government has announced that it will introduce legislative reforms on the death penalty in the third quarter of 2022. Two Japanese death row inmates have filed a lawsuit, saying the country`s long-criticized practice of informing prisoners of their execution on the same day they are to be killed is “inhumane” and violates the country`s constitution. In 2020, fewer executions took place worldwide than at any time in a decade, and the number of new death sentences fell by more than a third, according to a new report by Amnesty International. It was the third year in a row that.. Although music, singing and dancing are punished by corporal punishment, there have been cases where the Taliban have still executed the perpetrators. [185] [189] We examined how many countries in the world still apply the death penalty.