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Severe sentence - According to DW, in 2013 some 2,400 prisoners were sentenced to death in China, more than all other countries combined.

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Highest number of death sentences - According to Amnesty International, a record of 158 prisoners were executed in Saudi Arabia in 2014.

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Controversy - In 1944, a 14-year-old George Junius Stinney Jr. was executed after a brief trial with little proof in South Carolina, USA.

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Innocent - The wrongful conviction and execution of Timothy John Evans in 1950 was one of the reasons the UK abolished the death penalty.

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Execution vans - According to the Daily Mail, in China, there are so-called execution vans to avoid transporting condemned prisoners to another location.

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Mistake - According to the Guardian, in 1989, an American man was sent to death row because he was mistaken for someone with the same name and a similar physical appearance.

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Abolition - According to Amnesty International, 108 countries have abolished the death penalty as of December 2021.

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Atheism - According to The Atlantic, in 2013, a person could be sentenced to death for being an atheist in 13 countries.

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Morbid technique -

The Guardian revealed that in 2005, a Chinese company used the skin from prisoners who were sentenced to death to develop beauty products.

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Firing squad - In 2010, prisoner Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad in Utah.

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Opposed - Mexico is one of several countries that will not extradite prisoners to a country with the death penalty.

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Firing squad - Execution by firing squad is legal in the state of Oklahoma.

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Cats - In ancient Egypt, you could be sentenced to death for killing a cat, even if accidentally.

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Anonymous - In the state of Florida, the executioner is a private citizen who is paid $150 per execution. His or her identity must remain anonymous.

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USA - In the United States, the death penalty is legal in 27 states.

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Europe - According to the BBC, the death sentence is still legal in Belarus and convicts are executed by firing squad.

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Hanging - According to the Guardian, people sentenced to death in the state of Washington can choose hanging as the execution method.

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Last day - In Japan, prisoners sentenced to the death penalty aren't told when they'll be executed. They must wake up every day wondering if it will be their last.

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Innocent prisoners - According to a 2014 Newsweek article, in the US at least one person out of every 25 sentenced to capital punishment is innocent.

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Pioneer country - Venezuela was the first modern country to abolish death penalty, in 1863.

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Restriction - The Daily Mail revealed that in North Korea, dozens of people have been sentenced to death for owning bibles and watching South Korean movies.

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Islam - People in Iran have been sentenced to death for leaving Islam.

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White-collar criminals - According to Business Insider, hundreds of people have received the death penalty in China after being convicted of fraud and corruption crimes.

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Strict law - Reuters claims that hundreds of people have been executed in Singapore for substance trafficking in the last 20 years.

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Food - According to the website Psychology Today, ice-cream and pie were the most-requested deserts by death row criminals for their last meal.

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Lethal injection - The Dallas News revealed that the chemical used for lethal injections in Texas cost approximately $83.

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Harsh sentence -

Newsweek published an article that said corruption crimes in Iran can be punishable by death.

See also: The death penalty: a justified response to serious crime, or inhuman punishment?

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