Facts and figures on the death penalty (1 January 2006)

Index Number: ACT 50/006/2006
Date Published: 19 April 2006

This document provides information about abolitionist and retentionist countries; use of the death penalty against child offenders; reintroduction of the death penalty; death sentences and executions; effect of abolition on crime rates; execution of the innocent; and the death penalty in the USA.