Last year, the country of China executed the most people in the world. Although China's execution rate went down by about 50 percent, they still killed about 470 people. Iran comes in second, killing 377 people, one of them being killed by stones for committing adultry. The United States was ranked number five with only 42 people executed. That was the lowest number of executions in the U.S. in fifteen years. A reason for the decline in China's executions is that they want to save the death penalty for the worst crimes (Chan). I personally am glad that the execution rates have declined. What are your thoughts on the death penalty? Would you like to see it used more or less often?
http://news.aol.com/story/_a/us-ranks-fifth-in-executions-in-world/20080415092909990001
By KELVIN CHAN,
AP
Posted: 2008-04-15 15:33:20
Filed Under: Crime News, World News
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