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The U.S. is a member of an interesting club:

The United States, China, Iran and Saudi Arabia account for over 80% of the executions recorded by Amnesty International.

Since 2000, only four countries --the U.S., the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Pakistan and Iran-- are known to have executed juvenile offenders. Further narrowing this list, Pakistan recently abolished the death penalty for juvenile offenders and the DRC has established a moratorium on executions.

Re: Countries with the death penalty

But the U.S. has still a long way to the top....

The prospects are good that the U.S. will top Afghanistan next year! US citizens are clearly missing out on the fun and the state governments should take fine nations like those below as an example how to restore effectively law and order.

Executions per capita:
#1 Bahamas, The 6.62712 executions per 1 million
#2 Singapore 6.32625 executions per 1 million
#3 Sierra Leone 4.09068 executions per 1 million
#4 Belarus 3.20388 executions per 1 million
#5 Rwanda 2.84327 executions per 1 million
#6 Kuwait 2.56849 executions per 1 million
#7 Oman 1.99867 executions per 1 million
#8 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.64571 executions per 1 million
#9 Jordan 1.5625 executions per 1 million
#10 Taiwan 1.39775 executions per 1 million
#11 Saudi Arabia 1.09774 executions per 1 million
#12 Iran 0.970331 executions per 1 million
#13 Yemen 0.820186 executions per 1 million
#14 China 0.816802 executions per 1 million
#15 Kyrgyzstan 0.777303 executions per 1 million
#16 Egypt 0.619307 executions per 1 million
#17 Lebanon 0.522739 executions per 1 million
#18 Cuba 0.440645 executions per 1 million
#19 Afghanistan 0.334124 executions per 1 million
#20 United States 0.229936 executions per 1 million
#21 Vietnam 0.215476 executions per 1 million
#22 Zimbabwe 0.16446 executions per 1 million
#23 Guatemala 0.0832362 executions per 1 million
#24 Syria 0.0542035 executions per 1 million
#25 Japan 0.0470895 executions per 1 million
#26 Nigeria 0.0465962 executions per 1 million
#27 Sudan 0.0248837 executions per 1 million
#28 Pakistan 0.0246275 executions per 1 million
#29 Thailand 0.0155797 executions per 1 million
#30 Ethiopia 0.0136887 executions per 1 million
#31 Uzbekistan 0 executions per 1 million
#32 Iraq 0 executions per 1 million
#33 Somalia 0 executions per 1 million

Re: Countries with the death penalty

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The U.S. is a member of an interesting club:

The United States, China, Iran and Saudi Arabia account for over 80% of the executions recorded by Amnesty International.

Since 2000, only four countries --the U.S., the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Pakistan and Iran-- are known to have executed juvenile offenders. Further narrowing this list, Pakistan recently abolished the death penalty for juvenile offenders and the DRC has established a moratorium on executions.

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OK...now further narrow that list because the United States no longer executes juvenilles.

For all you liberals whining about Tookie...

... polls consistently show that when asked the question, "Do you favor the death penalty for murder?", between 60 and 75% of Americans say Yes, with polling data dating back decades.

As somebody else noted, the death penalty is here to stay, it is part of our culture, and it doesn't bother most of us. As far as I'm concerned, the only legitimate debate over the death penalty should be gas or firing squad.