Another group of countries do not implement the Death sentence in spite
of the fact that it is available in their legislations. These countries are mostly
identified as third world countries. South Korea which is one developed
industrial country in Asia is also among this category of countries. Even Sri
Lanka represents this category. In these countries people are sentenced to
death but the required practical provisions are not implemented to exercise
capital punishment.
The fourth category of countries are the countries which exercise death
penalty. Countries with the richest and the poorest economies of the world
come under this category. World’s biggest democratic countries such as
India and USA are members of this category.
Information with relevance to the implementation of the death Penalty
issued by The Amnesty International in the year 2013 are indicated below.
Accordingly , information on 198 countries of the world have been included
in it.
Table 1
Implementation of the Death Penalty in the world-2013
Implementation of death penalty
Region and the total
number of countries
Countries that have Countries that have Countries where
Countries where
abolished death
abolished
Death penalty is not
Death Penalty is
penalty for general
Death Penalty
practically implemented implemented
offences
Number
%
Number
Asia
Africa
Europe
Northern America
Latin America &
Carribbean Islands
Australia and
Pacific Islands
Arabia
Total
Source : www.amnesty.org
4
%
Number
%
Number
%