3. Saudi Arabia – 90+ Executions Per Year
If you are handed a death penalty in Saudi Arabia it’s a good bet you will lose your head because of it. This Middle-East country put at least 90 people to death last year, although odds are there were more than a few secret or unpublicized executions to go along with that. Saudi Arabia’s preferred method of execution is beheading by sword. Executions can be public and are handed out for a wide range of crimes although drug related offenses are one of the biggest reasons. From violent crimes like murder and armed robbery to non-violent ‘crimes’ including homosexuality, atheism and witchcraft, the death penalty is applied to a rather wide range of violations. Having executed 44 people by March 2015 alone, Saudi Arabia is set to surpass 2014’s record number of sentences.
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