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Do you support the death penalty?

The death penalty or capital punishment is the punishment by death for a crime. Currently 58 countries worldwide allow the death penalty (including the U.S.) while 97 countries have outlawed it.

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Response rates from 32 Taiwan voters.

59% Yes	41% No
41% Yes	34% No
19% Yes, but only for horrific crimes with undeniable evidence	3% No, spending life in prison is a harsher sentence
0% Yes, but the victim’s family should decide the punishment	3% No, too many people are innocently convicted

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Stay up-to-date on the most recent “Death Penalty” news articles, updated frequently.

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Japan's Longest-Serving Death Row Prisoner Acquitted After 55 Years

Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest-serving death row prisoner, has been acquitted by a Japanese court after spending over five decades on death row. Convicted of murder in 1968, Hakamada, now 88, was granted a retrial a decade ago, and the Shizuoka District Court has now ruled him innocent. His case…

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Japan Compensates Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate After Wrongful Conviction

A Japanese man who was the world's longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4 million in compensation after being wrongly convicted of murder. The man spent decades on death row before his conviction was overturned. The case highlights serious flaws in Japan's judicial system, particularly…

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UAE Sentences Three to Death for Murder of Israeli-Moldovan Rabbi

A court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced three individuals to death for the killing of Zvi Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi. The case has drawn international attention due to the victim's dual nationality and religious status. Details surrounding the motive and circumstances of the murder have…

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