Here's another top ten list for 2013 - countries with the most executions.
In order of ascending executions:
Commies keep it quiet, No one really knows how many were executed in Vietnam and especially in China; it's a closely guarded state secret, but estimates place it somewhere between lots and lots to who knows. When you have nearly 1.5 billion people to mess with you can get careless... I used 1500 for China because they have soldiers practicing mass executions. I have a sneaking suspicion that I severely underestimated the Chinese.
The list was compiled by Amnesty International. and was heralded by a UK Telegraph article as the "ten most brutal places in the world" (*cough* bul...hit *cough*). But look again, this time at the number of executions per 100,000 population.
In order of ascending executions:
| Country | Executions | |
| 10 | Vietnam | 7 |
| 9 | Japan | 8 |
| 8 | Yemen | 13 |
| 7 | Sudan | 21 |
| 6 | Somalia | 34 |
| 5 | USA | 39 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 79 |
| 3 | Iraq | 169 |
| 2 | Iran | 369 |
| 1 | China | 1500 |
Commies keep it quiet, No one really knows how many were executed in Vietnam and especially in China; it's a closely guarded state secret, but estimates place it somewhere between lots and lots to who knows. When you have nearly 1.5 billion people to mess with you can get careless... I used 1500 for China because they have soldiers practicing mass executions. I have a sneaking suspicion that I severely underestimated the Chinese.
The list was compiled by Amnesty International. and was heralded by a UK Telegraph article as the "ten most brutal places in the world" (*cough* bul...hit *cough*). But look again, this time at the number of executions per 100,000 population.
| Country | Rate/100000 | |
| 10 | Japan | 0.006 |
| 9 | Vietnam | 0.007 |
| 8 | USA | 0.012 |
| 7 | Yemen | 0.055 |
| 6 | Sudan | 0.059 |
| 5 | China | 0.111 |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 0.289 |
| 3 | Somalia | 0.326 |
| 2 | Iran | 0.456 |
| 1 | Iraq | 0.519 |
The allegedly bloodthirsty US has a rate only twice that of the peace loving Japanese. And of course the Telegraph ignores it's own article concerning a UN report that the UK is one of the most violent places in the world.
6 comments:
39 in 2013 for us! Wow, we're really slacking.
Back in the Nineties, Texas used to execute that many in the first quarter of the year. Sometimes, we'd execute two in one night.
I suspect that number for China is vastly inflated. You know me, I'd call it if I saw it that way. Having spent time in China and having interacted with the People's Armed Police (a branch of the People's Liberation Army) and the People's Public Security Bureau, I have never had a hint that those numbers are anywhere nearly that high. In fact, I suspect that the true numbers are somewhere in the low 100's annually. Per population, much lower than the US.
We could talk about this on the phone if you're interested in why I say this - but I think that I'm right
Katy - well, homicides are actually down across the nation. That could very well be the reason why. Murders were peaking in the early 90's. Saved a bit on Texas prison electric bills, no?
There has been a 39% decrease in firearm homicides from 1993 (18,253) to 2011 (11,101) according to a Bureau of Justice Statistics report (link below). Nonfatal firearm related crimes also declined by 69% during the same period, from 1,548,000 to 467,300.
http://bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fv9311.pdf
LL - thanks much for your insight. Wouldn't mind talking to you anyway.
Your LE experiences are much wider and more varied than mine.
Our girl went to selection yesterday. No idea where she is and she is not allowed to contact us for the next six weeks.
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No stats on No. Korea?
She's near Williamsburg, VA unless they've moved the course.
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