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6 giorni fa · Mexican execution by firing squad, 1916. In Nazi Germany, there were three types of capital punishment; hanging, decapitation, and death by shooting. Also, modern military organisations employed capital punishment as a means of maintaining military discipline.
2 giorni fa · Last capital punishment was performed on 29 January 1987 by the state firing squad while Croatia was still part of SFR Yugoslavia. Last executed convict was Dušan Kosić who killed Čedomir Matijević, his wife Slavica and their two daughters, Dragana and Snježana.
2 giorni fa · They sentenced the members of the circle to death by firing squad, and the prisoners were taken to Semyonov Place in Saint Petersburg on 23 December 1849. They were split into three-man groups and the first group was taken in front of the firing squad.
29 mag 2024 · A total of 1,153 executions took place in 2023, which does not include the thousands believed to have been carried out in China, marking an increase of more than 30% from 2022. It was the highest figure recorded by Amnesty International since 2015, when 1,634 people were known to have been executed.
29 mag 2024 · Progress faltered in the USA as executions rose from 18 to 24. Bills to carry out executions by firing squad were introduced in Idaho and Tennessee, while the state assembly of Montana considered a measure to expand the substances used in lethal injections.
29 mag 2024 · Amnesty International says the number of executions recorded worldwide last year jumped to the highest level since 2015. The rights group said in a new report it recorded a total of 1,153 executions in 2023 — a 30% increase from 2022.
28 mag 2024 · The five countries with the highest number of executions in 2023 were China (thousands), Iran (at least 853), Saudi Arabia (172), Somalia (at least 38) and the USA (24). Iran alone accounted for 74% of all recorded executions while Saudi Arabia accounted for 15%.
