The report said at least 714 people were executed in 17 other countries, led by Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and the United States. Methods of execution included beheading, stoning, electrocution, hanging, firing squads and lethal injection."
Man China is beating us at everything!
Also: "The United States was the only country in the Americas to execute anyone in 2009, according to the report, which said the 52 executions were the highest total in three years. Nearly half the executions, 24, came in Texas, while New Mexico officially banned the death penalty."
Good ol'Texas! Never lets us down...
Full Article
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/world/asia/31execute.html?src=twt&twt=nytimes
Capital Punishment From Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment
You gotta love a list that just packs the US right along side middle eastern and communist countries.
