theatlantic: Which Countries Use the Death Penalty? This handy map from Wikimedia Commons shows how the world divides between countries with the death penalty (red), countries without (blue), countries that employ it only under rare “special circumstances” (green), and countries that legally retain the death penalty but have not used it in at least 10 years (orange). Currently, Texas is defying international courts, the UN, and the Obama administration by denying Vienna Convention rights to a Mexican prisoner. Read more at The Atlantic. Atlampa adds: Here in Atlampa we oppose the death penalty. Wish everyone did.

theatlantic:

Which Countries Use the Death Penalty?

This handy map from Wikimedia Commons shows how the world divides between countries with the death penalty (red), countries without (blue), countries that employ it only under rare “special circumstances” (green), and countries that legally retain the death penalty but have not used it in at least 10 years (orange).

Currently, Texas is defying international courts, the UN, and the Obama administration by denying Vienna Convention rights to a Mexican prisoner. Read more at The Atlantic.

Atlampa adds: Here in Atlampa we oppose the death penalty. Wish everyone did.

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