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Death Penalty
Death Penalty
Death Penalty
1. 60% of the worldwide population live in countries where executions take place in so far
as the four most populous countries in the world (such as People's Republic of China,
India, United States and Indonesia) apply the death penalty and are unlikely to abolish it
soon.
3. At least 3,000 people (and probably considerably more) were sentenced to death
during 2007, and at the end of the year around 25,000 were on death row, with
Pakistan and the USA accounting for about half this figure. China carries out by
far the greatest number of executions: Amnesty International has confirmed at
least 470 during 2007, but the true figure has been estimated at up to 6,000.
Outside China, at least 800 people were put to death in 23 countries during 2007,
with Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Iraq and the USA the main contributors. Iran,
Saudi Arabia and Yemen executed people for crimes committed when they were
juveniles, in contravention of international law.[28]
4. If anyone kills person - unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the
land - it would be as if he killed all people. And if anyone saves a life, it would be
as if he saved the life of all people" (Qur'an 5:32).