56 (28%) maintain the death penalty in both law and practice. 104 (54%) have abolished it in law. 8 (4%) retain it for crimes committed in exceptional circumstances (such as in times of war). 27 (14%) permit its use but have not used it for at least 10 years and are believed to have a policy or established practice of not carrying out executions, or have a moratorium on executions. Which category is Nigeria in? Nigeria is in the category. We have the death penalty in our laws and continue to use it. Apart from Nigeria, which other countries retain the death penalty? More than two-thirds of countries have totally abolished the death penalty in practice. Countries that continue to use the death penalty for ordinary crimes are: Africa Americas Asia Europe Middle East Botswana Bangladesh Antigua Afghanistan Chad China and Bahrain Comoros India Barbuda Iran Indonesia Bahamas Iraq Republic Japan Barbados Jordan of Malaysia Belize Kuwait Egypt Cuba Korea Lebanon Equatorial Pakistan Dominica Oman Guinea Singapore Guatemala Palestinian Ethiopia Taiwan Guyana Authority Lesotho Thailand Jamaica Qatar Viet Saint Nam Kitts Saudi Arabia Sierra and Nevis Syria Leone Saint Lucia United Arab Somalia Emirates Vincent Yemen
56 (28%) maintain the death penalty in both law and practice. 104 (54%) have abolished it in law. 8 (4%) retain it for crimes committed in exceptional circumstances (such as in times of war). 27 (14%) permit its use but have not used it for at least 10 years and are believed to have a policy or established practice of not carrying out executions, or have a moratorium on executions. Which category is Nigeria in? Nigeria is in the category. We have the death penalty in our laws and continue to use it. Apart from Nigeria, which other countries retain the death penalty? More than two-thirds of countries have totally abolished the death penalty in practice. Countries that continue to use the death penalty for ordinary crimes are: Africa Americas Asia Europe Middle East Botswana Chad Comoros Republic of Egypt Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Lesotho Sierra Leone Somalia Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Cuba Dominica Guatemala Guyana Jamaica Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Vincent Bangladesh China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Korea Pakistan Singapore Taiwan Thailand Viet Nam Afghanistan Bahrain Iran Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestinian Authority Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
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