20 April 2006

China, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the USA: The top four countries that execute their citizens

Today, Amnesty International published its annual report on the death penalty.

According to an Amnesty press release, the U.S. remains one of the top executing countries, along with China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. Together the four nations accounted for 94 percent of all executions worldwide in 2005.

George W. Bush must be so proud.

Meanwhile, in the rest of the world (the civilized portion), the annual number of executions has fallen dramatically.

[Read more.]

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