Controversies Surrounding Capital Punishment Quiz

China has the highest number of executions annually.

In 2021, Bahrain became the latest country to abolish the death penalty for all crimes.

The United Kingdom completely abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1998.

Firing squad is not commonly used for execution in the United States.

South Africa abolished the death penalty in 1995.

The primary argument against capital punishment is the risk of executing innocent people.

The United States Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1988 after a moratorium.

Immanuel Kant argued against capital punishment, stating that it undermines human dignity.

The United Nations General Assembly first adopted a resolution calling for a moratorium on executions in 2007.

Mahatma Gandhi famously opposed capital punishment, stating 'I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death'.

France performed the last execution by guillotine in 1977.

The Eighth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution prohibits 'cruel and unusual punishments'.

The term used for the legal process of re-evaluating a defendant's conviction due to new evidence is habeas corpus.

Over 90% of countries worldwide have abolished the death penalty in law or practice as of 2022.

Michigan was the first U.S. state to abolish the death penalty.

The term for the legal defense arguing that the defendant's mental state at the time of the crime should absolve them of responsibility is insanity plea.

Texas has the highest number of executions since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976.