What is Death penalty?
[[File:Capital punishment in the world.svg|thumb|500px| {{legend|#008080|Abolitionist countries (have banned the death penalty): 106}} {{legend|#80E000|Abolitionist-in-practice countries (have executed nobody during the last 14 or more years), and abolitionist-in-law for all crimes except those committed under exceptional circumstances (such as crimes committed in wartime): 7}} {{legend|#E0A040|Abolitionist-in-practice countries (have executed nobody during the last 10 years or more ''' '' and ''' '' have an established practice of not carrying out executions): 28}} {{legend|#FF0000|Retentionist countries (still uses the death penalty): 54}} ]] [[File: Karl Morgenschweis prays for condemned prisoner.jpg|thumb|Execution of Nazi War Criminal Franz Strasser]] '''Death penalty''', also called '''capital punishment''', is when a [[government]] or [[state]] executes (kills) someone, usually but not always because they have committed a serious crime. A crime that can be punished with the death penalty is called a '''capital crime''' or a '''capital offense'''. Executions in most countries have become rarer in recent centuries. The death penalty is a [[wikt:dispute|disputed]] and [[controversy|controversial]] topic. Generally, [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] parties are supportive of the death penalty: [[Centre (politics)|centrist]] and [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] parties are opposed to it. However, Far-left parties like Communist and Soviet Parties also support the Death Penalty. About one third of the [[country|countries]] in the world have laws that allow the death penalty.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.commondreams.org/news/2010/02/26/death-penalty-phasing-out-worldwide|title=Death Penalty Phasing Out Worldwide|website=Common Dreams}}</ref> The [[United States]], the [[People's Republic of China]], [[Japan]], [[Indonesia]] and [[Iran]] are examples of countries that have a death penalty. [[Canada]], [[Australia]], [[Mexico]] and all members of [[Council of Europe]] are examples of countries that have abo