16. U.S. Restraint on Capital Punishment: A Light to the Nations?
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Only 17 U.S. residents were put to death by the state in 2020. Isn't the United States, therefore, a leader in the worldwide trend away from capital punishment? No. The number executed has declined, but the United States still lags behind others in clinging to official executions at any level. Among the 37 members of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development-- the club of advanced nations -- Japan is the only other executioner. In Europe, only Belarus still kills in the name of the law.
16. U.S. Restraint on Capital Punishment: A Light to the Nations?
16. U.S. Restraint on Capital Punishment: A…
16. U.S. Restraint on Capital Punishment: A Light to the Nations?
Only 17 U.S. residents were put to death by the state in 2020. Isn't the United States, therefore, a leader in the worldwide trend away from capital punishment? No. The number executed has declined, but the United States still lags behind others in clinging to official executions at any level. Among the 37 members of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development-- the club of advanced nations -- Japan is the only other executioner. In Europe, only Belarus still kills in the name of the law.