countries in the year 2009. Except in the year 2012, USA , out of the developed and industrialized countries has occupied a place among the top ten countries on all the other occasions . As far as the periods considered in this analysis are concerned, one outstanding aspect is the fact that no country in the Region of Latin American and Caribbean islands has ever been rated among the top ten. Death Penalty and Homicide Rate Facts are presented in view of showing that rigorous punishments are instrumental in the decline of offences in a country. But it is visible that there is no basis for this idea as far as the information issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is concerned. If rigorous punishments are exercised in a particular country, there is less tendency on the part of the citizens to commit offences and as a result it is problematic whether such rigorous punishments are required to be implemented continuously in such a situation. As per the statistics revealed by the website of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in 2014, three countries Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras which belong to the region of Latin America and Caribbean Islands record the highest homicide rates of the world. 8