Table Table 01. Implementation of Capital Punishment around the World 4 Table 02. The Ten Countries in Which Capital Punishment Was Decreed to the Highest Number of Persons during the Period 2007-2013 6 Table 03 . The Ten Countries in Which the Highest Number of Persons Were Sentenced to Death during the Period 2007 – 2013 7 Table 04 Homicide ratio in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala During the Period 1995 – 2011 9 Table 05 Homicide Ratio in Iceland ,Norway and Sweden during the Period 1995 – 2011 11 Table 06 Homicide Ratio in China Japan and Saudi Arabia during the Period 1995 – 2011 12 Table 07 Homicide ratio in Sri Lanka during the Period 2005 -2010 13 Table 08 Decreeing Capital Punishment in Sri Lanka as per Offences during the Period 2004 – 2010 14 Table 09 Decreeing Capital Punishment in Sri Lanka 2000 – 2010 15 iii