Death Penalty Corporate Stance

We, the Springfield Dominicans, recognize and respect the dignity of all persons and seek to end all forms of violence in our lives and in our world. We therefore seek the abolition of the death penalty.

June, 1999

United States

• Reinstated in 1976

• Executions since 1976 = 1,295

• States with No Death Penalty

1. Alaska 2. Connecticut - 20123. Hawaii 4. Illinois - 2011 5. Iowa 6. Maine 7. Massachusetts 8. Michigan 9. Minnesota 10.New Jersey 11.New Mexico12.New York 13.North Dakota 14.Rhode Island 15.Vermont 16.West Virginia 17.Wisconsin

Executions by Region (1976-2011)

RACE OF DEFENDANTS EXECUTED IN THE U.S. SINCE 1976

• BLACK 444 35%

• LATINO 99 7%

• WHITE 728 56%

• OTHER 24 2%

Countries of the World

• 97 (50%) Abolished• 7 (4%) Abolished for crimes not

committed in exceptional circumstances

• 48 (25%) Abolished in practice

• 42 (22%) Maintain death penalty in both law and practice

22% Maintaining DP• Iran, Zimbabwe, China, North Korea, Syria,

Saudi Arabia, Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Cuba, Belarus

• Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sudan, Congo, Chad, Yemen, Guinea, Bangladesh

• India, Japan, Nigeria, Uganda, Botswana, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Iraq and the United States

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