Posted on 04/05/2016 5:49:32 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Amnesty International reports that there was a dramatic 54 percent increase in executions globally in 2015, with Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia responsible for nearly 90 percent of the killings.
The human rights organization said that the figure of at least 1,634 people executed last year — up from 1,061 in 2014 — does not include executions in China where data on the death penalty is considered a state secret. […]
According to the report, the number of executions recorded in Saudi Arabia increased by 76 percent to 158. Executions in Iran rose 31 percent to 977. and the 326 executions in Pakistan were the highest ever recorded by Amnesty International. […]
In the United States, 28 people were executed in 2015, nearly half in Texas, the most active death penalty state, which put 13 people to death, the report said. Missouri executed six people, Georgia five, Florida two and Oklahoma and Virginia one each. Amnesty said 60 percent of those executed were black or Hispanic, double their percentage in the population. …
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I’m sure Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia will pay all kinds of attention to the tears of Amnesty International.
Probably not enough in the USA...We spend way too much money keeping them on “Death Row” for 10-20 years....
But on the other hand, there was a dramatic reduction in the number of potential repeat offenders!
Israel's Fault
Texas will snuff a killer named Vasquez tomorrow. He robbed, killed and buried a 12 year old boy in 1998.
Great!!!! 18 years was waaaaay too long to wait....So it’s about time...
I say give them 6 months for appeal, then do it.....
28 executions in 2015.
More than a thousand murders a month in 2015.
We have a long way to.
Note how the crAP was careful not to mention ISIS executions.
Sure did...
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