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[4] Although 31 states still retain the death penalty, only 7 of them actually carried out executions in 2014. [5] Twenty-six states have carried out executions during the last ten years; [6] the remaining 7 states, the U.S. Federal Government, and the U.S. Military are de facto abolitionist by U.N. standards.
The death penalty is cruel, inhuman and degrading. Amnesty opposes the death penalty at all times-regardless of who is accused, the crime, guilt or innocence or method of execution. We have been working to end executions since 1977, when only 16 countries had abolished the death penalty in law or practice.Today, the number has risen to 140 - nearly two-thirds of countries around the world. We know that, together, we can end the death penalty everywhere.e have been working to end executions since 1977, when only 16 countries had abolished the death penalty in law or practice. Today, the number has risen to 140 - nearly two-thirds of countries around the world. We know that, together, we can end the death penalty everywhere.