CAPITAL PUNISHMENT INFO

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES QUITE OFTEN REFUSE TO

EXTRADITE PRISONERS TO THE UNITED STATES

WHEN THEY FEAR THAT THE DEATH PENALTY

WOULD BE A POSSIBILITY

THE DEATH PENALTY WAS ACTUALLY BANNED IN THE

UNITED STATES BETWEEN 1972 AND 1976 BY

THE SUPREME COURT

THIS MEANS THE US ACTUALLY BANNED THE DEATH

PENALTY BEFORE MANY OTHER COUNTRIES

CURRENTLY, HOWEVER, 32 STATES STILL ALLOW FOR

THE DEATH PENALTY. ONLY A FEW OF THEM ACTIVELY

USE IT THOUGH (FLORIDA, TEXAS)

STATISTICALLY, 1 IN 25 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH

IN THE UNITED STATES ARE INNOCENT

IN SOME COUNTRIES SUCH AS SINGAPORE, EVEN

POSSESSING DRUGS CAN LEAD TO EXECUTION

IN CHINA COMPANY EXECUTIVES CAN BE

EXECUTED FOR COMMITTING FRAUD

IN NORTH KOREA POSSESSING BIBLES, WATCHING

SOUTH KOREAN FILMS, AND DISTRIBUTING PORNOGRAPHY

OFTEN LEAD TO THE DEATH PENALTY