5. USA – 35 Executions Per Year
Via theguardian.com
The United States is one of only two countries on this list with concrete execution figures from 2014. It is also the only country in the Americas which carried out any executions last year. A total of 31 states carry the death penalty. In extraordinary circumstances, the Federal Government and military can enact the death penalty for crimes committed in states without capital punishment. This was most recently seen in Massachusetts with respect to the Boston bombings. The death penalty is applicable in cases of murder, treason, terrorism, espionage and drug trafficking. The preferred method of execution is by lethal injection but some states still have the option of using the electric chair, firing squad, gas chamber and hanging.
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