Death penalty on the decline
Source: Amnesty International

Momentum is growing for an end to capital punishment after Amnesty International’s (AI) latest analysis revealed a big drop in executions.

The Annual Death Penalty Statistics – launched in Rome on Friday – show a worldwide trend towards abolition with an encouraging 25 per cent decrease in executions and death sentences in 2006.

Last year, the Philippines became the 99th country to abolish the death penalty for ordinary crimes, while Georgia and Moldova removed provisions for the death penalty from their constitutions. Many more, including South Korea, stand on the brink of abolition. Only 16 countries were abolitionist in 1977.

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