death penalty
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DEATH PENALTY
Aireen P. Sinong
DEFINITION
Death penalty is the states’ punishment to those who have been found guilty of heinous crimes through the observance of due process of law.
METHODS
HangingLethal InjectionStoning
BeheadingElectrocutionShooting
PHILIPPINES
1896- Philippines made use of shooting as a means of execution method.1926- electric chair was introduced by United States Colonial government.
1946-1986- the capital crimes after regaining full independence were murder, rape and treason. Under the dictatorship of Pres. Marcos, drug trafficking became punishable with death by firing squad.
PHILIPPINES
PHILIPPINES
Philippines was the first Asian country to abolish death penalty in 1987 under President Corazon Aquino.The new law, drafted by Ramos, restored capital punishment by defining "heinous crimes" as everything from murder to stealing a car.
The first execution by lethal injection took place under Ramos' successor, Joseph Estrada.Estrada's own successor, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, also approved a moratorium, but later permitted executions and denied clemencies.
PHILIPPINES
STATISTICAL SURVEY WORLDWIDE
STATISTICAL SURVEY WORLDWIDE
The following figures are the reported death sentences and executions in 2008 worldwide.
STATISTICAL SURVEY WORLDWIDE
Executions 2008
Country Executions Methods used
Afghanistan 17+ Shooting
Bahrain 1
Bangladesh 5 Hanging
Belarus 4 Shooting
Botswana 1 Hanging
China 1,718+ Lethal injection; shooting
Egypt 2+ Hanging
Iran 346+ Hanging; shooting; stoning
Iraq 34+ Hanging
Country Executions Methods used
Indonesia 10 Shooting
Japan 15 Hanging
Libya 8+
Malaysia 1+ Hanging
Mongolia 1+ Shooting
North Korea 15+
Pakistan 36+ Hanging
Saudi Arabia 102+ Beheading
Singapore 1+ Hanging
Country Executions Methods used
St Kitts and Nevis
1 Hanging
Sudan 1+ Hanging
Syria 1+
United Arab Emirates
1+
USA 37 Lethal injection; electrocution
Vietnam 19+ Shooting
Yemen 13+
STATISTICAL SURVEY WORLDWIDE
DeathSentences 2008
Country Death sentences
Country Death sentences
Afghanistan 131 North Korea +
Bangladesh 185+ Pakistan At least 236
China 7003+ Singapore 5
India 70+ South Korea At least 2
Indonesia 10+ Sri Lanka 2
Japan 27 Taiwan At least 8
Laos 2 Thailand At least 3
Malaysia 22+ Vietnam At least 59
STATISTICAL SURVEY WORLDWIDE
These figures are the reported executions and death sentences in 2009 worldwide.
STATISTICAL SURVEY WORLDWIDE
Executions 2009
Country Executions Methods used
Bangladesh 3 Hanging
Botswana 1 Hanging
China + Shooting; lethal injection
Egypt 5+ Hanging
Iran 388+ Hanging; stoning
Iraq 120+ Hanging
Japan 7 Hanging
Libya 4+ Shooting
Malaysia + Hanging
Country Executions Methods used
North Korea + Hanging
Saudi Arabia 69+ Beheading
Singapore 1 Hanging
Sudan 9+ Hanging
Syria 8+ Hanging; shooting
Thailand 2 Lethal injection
USA 52 Electrocution; lethal injection
Vietnam 9+ Shooting
Yemen 30+ Shooting
STATISTICAL SURVEY WORLDWIDE
DeathSentences 2009
Country Death sentences
Country Death sentences
Afghanistan 133+ Democratic Republic of Congo
+
Algeria 100+ Egypt 269+
Bahamas 2+ Ethiopia 11+
Bangladesh 64+ Gambia 1+
Belarus 2 Ghana 7+
Benin 5+ Guyana 3
Botswana 2 India 50+
Burkina Faso 6+ Indonesia 1
Chad + Iraq +
China + Jamaica 366+
Country Death sentences
Country Death sentences
Japan 34 Myanmar 2+
Jordan 12+ Nigeria 58
Kenya + North Korea +
Kuwait 3+ Pakistan 276
Liberia 3 Palestinian authority
17
Libya + Qatar 3+
Malaysia 68+ Saudi Arabia 11+
Mali 10+ Sierra Leone 1+
Mauritania 1+ Singapore 6+
Morocco 13 Somalia 12
Country Death sentences
Country Death sentences
South Korea 5+ United Arab Emirates
3+
Sri Lanka 108 USA 105+
Sudan 60+ Vietnam 59+
Syria 7+ Yemen 53+
Taiwan 7 Zimbabwe 7+
Tanzania +
Thailand +
Trinidad and Tobago
11+
Tunisia 2+
Uganda +
STATISTICAL SURVEY WORLDWIDE
These figures are the reported executions and death sentences in 2010 worldwide.
STATISTICAL SURVEY WORLDWIDE
Executions 2010
Country Execution Methods used
Bahrain 1 Shooting
Bangladesh 9+ Hanging
Belarus 2 Shooting
Botswana 1 Hanging
China 1000s Lethal injection; shooting
Egypt 4 Hanging
Equatorial Guinea
4 Shooting
Iran 252+ Hanging
Iraq 1+ Hanging
Country Execution Methods used
Japan 2 Hanging
Libya 18+
Malaysia 1+ Hanging
North Korea 60+ Hanging; shooting
Palestinian Authority
5 Shooting
Saudi Arabia 27+ Beheading
Singapore + Hanging
Somalia 8+ Shooting
Sudan 6+ Hanging
Country Execution Methods used
Syria 17+ Hanging
Taiwan 4 Shooting
USA 46 Electrocution ; lethal injection; shooting
Vietnam + Shooting
Yemen 53+ Shooting
STATISTICAL SURVEY
WORLDWIDE
DeathSentences 2010
Country Death sentences
Country Death sentences
Afghanistan 100+ Brunei Darussalam
+
Algeria 130+ Burkina Faso 1+
Bahamas 5+ Cameroon +
Bahrain 1 China +
Bangladesh 32+ Central African Republic
14
Barbados 1 Chad 1
Belarus 3 Democratic Republic of Congo
+
Benin 1+ Egypt 185
Country Death sentences
Country Death sentences
Equatorial Guinea
4 Iran +
Ethiopia 5+ Iraq 279+
Gambia 13 Jamaica 4
Ghana 17 Japan 14
Guatemala 1 Jordan 9
Guyana 1+ Kenya 5+
India 105+ Kuwait 3+
Indonesia 7+ Laos 4
Country Death sentences
Country Death sentences
Liberia 11 Mauritania 16+
Lebanon 12+ Morocco/Western Sahara
4
Libya + Myanmar 2
Madagascar 2+ Nigeria 151+
Malaysia 114+ North Korea +
Malawi 2 Palestinian Authority
11+
Maldives 1 Pakistan 365
Mali 14+ Saudi Arabia 34+
Country Death sentences
Country Death sentences
Sierra Leone 1 Taiwan 9
Singapore 8+ Thailand 7+
Somalia 8+ Trinidad and Tobago
+
South Korea 4 Tunisia 22+
Sri Lanka + Uganda 5+
Sudan 10+ United Arab Emirates
28+
Syria 10+ USA 110+
Tanzania 5+ Vietnam 34+
Country Death sentences
Yemen 27+
Zimbabwe 8
Zambia 35