- Dettagli
- Categoria: Death Penalty News
- Pubblicato: 02 Aprile 2015
How widespread is the use of the death penalty?
55 countries are known to have sentenced at least 2,466 people to death in 2014 - a 28% increase from 2013. This is mainly due to a spike in death sentences in Egypt and Nigeria.
Amnesty International also recorded 607 executions in 22 countries