Statistics Showing Capital Punishment as a Deterrent to crime

By Peta-Kaye Chin October 15, 11

The World
2010 - The following 23 countries carried out executions in 2010 Iran (252+), Equatorial Guinea (4), USA (46+), Iraq (1+), Yemen (53+). Japan (2), North Korea (60+), Botswana (1), Libya (18+), Malaysia (1+), China (2000+), Belarus (2), Egypt (4), Palestinian Authority (5),

United States - States with death penalty

Murder Rates in Death Penalty States and Non-Death Penalty States 1999 - 2009

 States without the death penalty have lower homicide rates than states with the death penalty - NY Times 10 of the 12 states without the death penalty have homicide rates below the national average 50% of the states with the death penalty have homicide rates above.

United States
Capital punishment has shown to increase crime rates. Capital punishment is exercised in states that have a relatively higher population of African-Americans.

China
Capital punishment in the People's Republic of China is currently administered for 55 crimes, but the vast majority of executions are for cases of either aggravated murder or large scale drug trafficking.

China conclusive on capital punishment as a deterrent

Iran
Crimes that are punishable by capital punishment include: armed robbery, treason, murder, drug trafficking, rape, pedophilia, sodomy, kidnapping and terrorism

 Hanging Stoning Firing Squad

Iran considers capital Punishment effective

Iran, the nation that has been conducting a large number of public executions for many years, has dismissed criticism against its 'inhuman' forms of punishments, saying it is an effective deterrent.

Conclusion
Research in the United States, Russia & China have shown that capital punishment has no effect on crime, in fact in some cases it has increased crime.

References
http://filipspagnoli.wordpress.com/2009/12/21/ human-rights-maps-75b-death-penalty-in-theu-s-state-by-state/ http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/deterrencestates-without-death-penalty-have-hadconsistently-lower-murderrates#stateswithvwithout http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_pu nishment_by_country

References

Iran Death Penalty - A State Terror Policy - Intl Fed. Of Human Rights