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Citizen LinusCitizen LinusPosted Sep 14, 2010 3:33 UTC (Tue) by nicooo (guest, #69134)In reply to: Citizen Linus by MisterIO Parent article: Citizen Linus
> It's also one of the countries which execute more people (second only to China)
You have to consider the size of the population. Though it's still pretty bad in some states, specially Texas.
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Citizen Linus Posted Sep 14, 2010 16:02 UTC (Tue) by shmget (subscriber, #58347) [Link]
Death Penalty Stats for 2008 (source Amnesty International)
Country Executions
But the point in not the numbers, but the company the US keep.
Citizen Linus Posted Sep 14, 2010 16:16 UTC (Tue) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]
I don't see anyone saying Japan is as bad as North Korea though.
Citizen Linus Posted Sep 14, 2010 17:01 UTC (Tue) by MisterIO (guest, #36192) [Link]
That's because Japan doesn't pretend to be the leader of the free world.
That said, Japan _is_ better than North Corea, just like are most countries of the rest of the world, USA included.(not sure I wrote this in good english)
Citizen Linus Posted Sep 15, 2010 8:11 UTC (Wed) by lacostej (guest, #2760) [Link]
in the US, executions where on hold for a part of 2007 and 2008. So 2006 and 2009 are more relevant numbers:
2009: 52
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions-united-states-...
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