Captial Punishment

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Captial Punishment

In India

In Saudi Arabia

Capital punishment has been used in almost every part of the world, but in the last few decades many countries have abolished it. Usage of capital punishment is usually broken into the four categories set out below. Of the 195 independent states that are UN members or have UN observer status:100 (51%) have abolished it.7 (4%) retain it for crimes committed in exceptional circumstances (such as in time of war).48 (25%) permit its use for ordinary crimes, but have not used it for at least 10 years and are believed to have a policy or established practice of not carrying out executions, or it is under a moratorium.40 (20%) maintain the death penalty in both law and practice.

Capital punishment or the death penalty is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. The judicial decree that someone be punished in this manner is a death sentence, while the actual process of killing the person is an execution

Captial Punishment

Thou shall not kill

In Pakistan


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