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Capital punishment
Issues


Debate

Religion and capital punishment

Use by country

Wrongful execution

Drug trafficking

Current use


Afghanistan

Bahamas

Belarus

Botswana

China

Cuba

Egypt

Guatemala

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Japan

North Korea

South Korea

Lebanon

Malaysia

Pakistan

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Somalia

Suriname

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Tonga

United Arab Emirates

United States

Vietnam

Yemen

Past use


Australia

Austria

Belgium

Bhutan

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada

Cyprus

Denmark

Ecuador

France

Germany

Gibraltar

Hong Kong

Hungary

Ireland

Italy

Liechtenstein

Macau

Mexico

Mongolia

Netherlands

New Zealand

Norway

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

San Marino

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom

Venezuela

Current methods


Decapitation

Electrocution

Gas chamber

Hanging

Lethal injection

Shooting (firing squad)

Stoning

Nitrogen asphyxiation (proposed)

Past methods


Blowing from a gun

Boiling

Breaking wheel

Burning

Crucifixion

Crushing

Disembowelment

Dismemberment

Drawing and quartering

Elephant

Flaying

Immurement

Impalement

Premature burial

Sawing

Scaphism

Slow slicing

Suffocation in ash

Civil death


Banishment/Exile

Castaway

Felons