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This may shock you …
55 countries around the world still practice the death penalty.
But they are dramatically different from Japan’s Deathrow that drives inmates insane …
to Saudi Arabia’s death row that has a dark evil twist.
The first country we have to look at is the USA.
The USA hands out many death sentences per year .
But surprisingly it’s not even in the top 10 .
Around 20 people are sentenced to death row every year in the USA.
In many states death row is illegal and some states don’t practice it despite never actually outlaw it.
this 11 (marked red) states do actively carry out death sentences.
Inmates will gt these sentences for various crimes.
Most commonly homicide related crimes .
But also espionage.
Treason, as well as extreme of Narcotics trafficking.
USA desth penalty methods are vary state by state.
There are five methods used in USA.
These are lethal injection
Electric chair .
Firing squad.
Gas chamber.
Gas asfixiation.
There are currently 2,500 people on death row in the united state.
It ofthen takes decades for these executions to be carried out, because inmates are entitled to many appeals.
But it wasn’t always like this, the USA once executed a 14 year old boy
George Steiny was accused of taking two girls lives.
He was to small to sit on the electric chair, so he had to sit on top f a bible.
But since 2005.
You now need to be over 18 to be given a death sentence in the USA.
America’s death row may sound harsh but we can assure you it’s nothing compared to Saudi Arabia’ ends many people’s live with an average of over 185 executions every year.
In Saudi Arabia people get death sentences for minor crimes,including burglary treason ,espionage.
And narcotics.
But you can also be given death sentence for leaving Islam .
As well as cheating on your wife or husband or having a same gender relationship.
You can even be given a death sentence for witchcraft.
Saudi Arabia has three execution methods and they ‘re all wild.
The first is firing squad.
The second is stoning.
This is where someone is buried up to their head in sand stones are then thrown at them until they lose their life.
And the most common method is beheading, this is done using a cimeter a large curved sword, afterwords bodies are ofthen put on public display to scare anyone wlaw inro not committing the same crime.
Unlike in the USA Saudi Arabia dish owned executions very fast .
But while wait they’re normally kept in this prison named al-Ha’ir prison
Inmates are often kept in isolation cells and are subjected to physical and psychological hell.
Inmates are often not allowed to contact their families ,executions normally happen within the same year someone is sentenced to death row.
Another country with a surpeisingly nasty death row is Japan,aside from the USA, Japan is the only democratic country that still has death row with an average of five executions per year.
There are only three crimes you can commit to get the death penalty.
Homicide , treason and crimes against the state.
Normally you need to end multiple lives to be sentenced to death row.
In most countries inmates on death row are told when they’re going to lose their lives far in advance.
But not in Japan .
Instead inmates are only told one or 2 hours before the execution.
Meaning that they have no idea when will be their last day on earth.
It could be years from now or it could be in two hours.
This sometimes makes inmates go insane, to make matters worse the inmates family is only told after they’ve been executed.
Meaning that they have no chance to say goodby.
While the inmates are on death row.
They’re kept in very strict prisons, said to be the strictest in the world.
They’re told exactly how to sit in their cells , they have to always look down the floor and never look up.
They’re also not allowed to speak and less spoken to and they have to work for over 13 hours per day.
But a country with an even worse death row is china.
China executes the most people per year averaging at over 1,000 executions every year.
In china you can be given the death penalty for many crimes.
Including serious fraud ,bombing, flooding, rioting , separatism, rebellion, political dissent, subversion, sneaking people into china ,piracy, coruption, aircraft hijacking, espionage, abandoning the military, endangering National security and many other crimes.
In China, no matter how rich or powerful your are .
You can be given a death sentence.
In 2022, high up politician Fu Zhenghua was sentenced to death row
After taking nearly $ 17 million and bribes .
And in 2014 billionaire businessman Liu Han was also given a death sentence.
Being executed one year later in 2015.
These executions are carried out using either a firing squad
or leathal injection.
While inmates wait for their execution date they will be in a chinese prsion. which are known for their very harsh conditions.
Inmates sometimes have to work for 16 hours per day ,they will also have their head shaved and have to look down at the ground at all times.
But a country with even worse death throw conditions is somalia,Somalia is known as one of the most dangerous countries in the world.
It is the only African country that carries out public executions.
This is done either by hanging…
firing squad…
or stoning.
Somalia executes an average of 13 people per year.
This sentences are given out for homicide, treason, espionage and abandoning the military but you can also get a death sentence for leaving Islam ,blasphemy, cheating on your husband , or wife andhavinga same gender relationship.
While await their execution date they will be kept in one of Somalia’s worst jails which are known to be very overcrowded and dirty .
Deathrow inmates are normally sent to Mandera prison, said to be somalia’s worst prison.
But some would say deathrow in Belarus is even worse,Belarus is the only country in Europe to still use capital punishment.
You can be sent to death row for crime such as treason, sabotage, and conspiracy to seize power.
This is because Belarus is Europe’s last dictarorship.
While inmates wait for their execution they will be sent to Belarus’s worst prisoner.
Belarus executes an average of two people per year.
But a country known for executing far more people is Indonesia ,in 2005 Indonesia hit the headlines, this was after nine australians were arrested.
They were attempting smuggle narcotis.
Six of them were sentenced to life in prison .
but two was sent to death row and and in 2015 were executed by firing squad.
This caused massive outrage, but many executions still take place in Indonesia.
Normally for Narcotics.
And piracy.
Another country with a surprisingly harsh deathrow is India.
In india you can be sent to deathrow for homicide , narcotics and aircraft hijacking, espionage ,kidnapping abandoning miltary and even partaking in human sacrifice.
In 2023 India gave out 120 death sentences.
This are always done by either hanging.
or firing squade.
Death row inmates are kept in awful prisons.
The cells are very crowded dark and dirty and inmates are only told their execution date a few days before it happens.
But one country you won’t be suprised has a terrible death row is North Korea.
This includes plots against the nation , working with enemy country.
circulating harmful information political dissidence.
Visiting foreing websites, watching foreign movies or TV shows, listening to foreign radion, inappropriate words , making international phone calls, watching adul material, and returning to north Korea after defecting.
Many high up North Korean officials have been given a death sentence.
Including Kim Jong-un’s own uncle.
The methods used are firing squad , hanging, beheading
and even being shot with a missil.
Some of these executions are done in public .
In 2022, a 22 year old man was publicly executed for listening to K-pop.
While North Korean inmates are on death row they are sent to a labor camp, this is where they have to do backbreaking work for sometimes 20 yours per day.
But if they sirvive they will lat to be executed by the guards.
And to make matters worse , their entire family will be sent to camps as well.
This is to ensure no one ever tries to take power from Kim Jong un.
North Korea executes an average of 150 people per year.
Another country famous its death row is Egypt,Egypt executes an average of 30 people per year.
This is done by either firing squad or hanging.
People on death row in Egypt are sent to very bad prisons, known for overcrowding and harsh conditions.
Another country witha famously bad death row is the United Arab Emirates.
This surprises many people as it’s a popular tourist destination.
But the only glitz and glamour of Dubai are some truly awful prisons.
this is where death row inmates are kept.
you can be given a death sentence for various crimes.
Including the disposal of nuclear waste.
And leaving Islam.
Executions are carried out by firing squad.