about the death penalty?
> Worldwide, at least 1,032 people were executed in 23 countries last year.
This figure excludes China. China is said to have executed the most criminals but the exact number is unknown as this data is considered a state secret. > Worldwide, 141 countries are abolitionist in law or practice. Those “in practice” still retain the death penalty but have not executed anyone in the past 10 years.
Last year, Benin in Africa and Nauru in Micronesia removed the death pe enalty for all crimes. Guinea i n West Africa al so removed d the deat th penalty for “ordinary crimes”i” butbt retainedtid it f for crimes under military law or in exceptional circumstances.
> Beheading, hanging, lethal iinjectionjti anda firing squad are amoong the methods used in carrying out the ddeath penalty. Therre are also the infammous electric chai r and gas chamber, both of which have been used in the United States, though their usage has largely been phased out. > In Malaysia, the deathd sentence is handedd out for murder, drug trafficking, treasonn, waging war againsst the
King, terrorism, kidnapping or abduucting in order to murder,, and the possession of firearms.
The Cabinet has agreed to review thhe Dangerous Drugs ActA 1952 to allow judgges to use their discretion when sentencing insteadd of requiring them to impose the mandatory death sentence.
> There were 1,122 prisoners on death row nationwide as of Feb 21. Between 2014 and Feb 21, 16 people were executed in the country.