Mile 2 Prison 2 Prison on charges of sedition after writing a letter critical of the government. On 23 August 2012, nine inmates were ordered to be executed by lethal injection on the orders of Yahya Jammeh, including one inmate whose death sentence had recently been commuted to life. These were the first executions to be carried out in Gambia since 1981. Mile 2 Prison Mile 2 Prison is a notorious penal institution in the West African country of The Gambia that is located on the highway between Serrekunda and the capital city of Banjul, across the road from a military barracks. Officially
Capital punishment by country United Arab Emirates (1), Vietnam (unknown number). "Note: The tables can be sorted alphabetically or chronologically using the icon." Of the 49 independent states in Europe that are UN members or have UN Observer status: Abolition of death penalty is a pre-condition for entry into the European Union, which considers capital punishment a "cruel and inhuman" practice and "not been shown in any way to act as a deterrent to crime". Since 1999, Belarus has been the only recognized country in Europe to carry out executions. 2009 and 2015 were the first two years in recorded history when Europe was