Global execution rates remain in long-term decline despite some worrying trends, says Amnesty
Death penalty rates around the world continued a downward trend last year, according to new research from Amnesty International, despite a resumption of executions in a number of countries and soaring rates in others. PICTURE: Lou Oates/www.istockphoto.com (posed by model) Amnesty found that 21 countries carried out the death penalty in 2012 – the same […]