| 1) | China | 1,010 |
| 2) | Iran | 177 |
| 3) | Pakistan | 82 |
| 4=) | Iraq | 65 |
| 4=) | Sudan | 65 |
| 6) | USA | 53 |
Interesting. First, what they do not have in common: Political systems, major religions, geographic location, language, legal system or television networks.
To sum up the list, we have two members of George W. Bush's "Axis of Evil", an Islamic Republic, the worlds largest Communist power, a nation in the midst of a genocidal purge and, way at the bottom, my beloved homeland.
The top 6 nations that still use Capital Punishment.
I would like to back out the per capita rates on this but don't have the time right now. I bet adjusted per capita, the US would not make the top 20.
2 comments:
There were probably a lot more people that needed killin' last year than one per state.
I'm not sure that the government should be the one handing out the penalty (I'd prefer it be meted out on the scene by the intended victim), but I'm afraid I'm of a mind with an old Eastwood movie character: "There's nothing wrong with killing, so long as the right people get killed."
Tam,
Thanks for the link! I about fell out of my chair this morning when I checked sitemeter.
I agree, perfect justice occurs when the would be perpetrator is stopped dead in his tracks by the intended victim.
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