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Execution by shooting. Execution by shooting is a method of capital punishment in which a person is shot to death by one or more firearms. It is the most common method of execution worldwide, used in about 70 countries, [ 1] with execution by firing squad being one particular form. In most countries, execution by a firing squad has historically ...
This is a list of people executed in Virginia after 1976. The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia, issued in 1976, allowed for the reinstitution of the death penalty in the United States. Capital punishment in Virginia was abolished by the Virginia General Assembly in 2021. [1] [2]
List of people executed by the District of Columbia. List of people executed in Florida. List of people executed in Georgia. List of people executed in Idaho. List of people executed in Illinois. List of people executed in Indiana. List of people executed in Iowa. List of people executed in Kansas.
This is a list of people executed by lethal injection in Missouri, comprising 99 convicted murderers since 1976, when the US Supreme Court reaffirmed the death penalty with its decision in Gregg v. Georgia.
Blasphemy (sabb-al-nabi) of the Prophet Muhammad, his daughter, or his family is a crime in Iran, and a blasphemer would be found guilty of apostasy as well by default. Blasphemy is punishable by death or imprisonment. For all other hudud crimes, the fourth offense would be a capital offense, unless the person repents.
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of South Carolina since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. Since the 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision of Gregg v. Georgia, a total of 43 people have been executed in South Carolina. All of the people executed were convicted of murder.
After the Cold War, many more countries followed: 36 countries abolished capital punishment in the 1990s, with 9 in 1990 alone, 23 in the 2000s, 11 in the 2010s, and 7 so far in the 2020s. Since 1985, there have been only 6 years when no country has abolished the death penalty: 2001, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2018 and 2023.
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in China. It is applicable to offenses ranging from murder to drug trafficking. [ 1] Executions are carried out by lethal injection or by shooting. [ 2][ 3][ 4] A survey conducted by The New York Times in 2014 found the death penalty retained widespread support in Chinese society. [ 5]