Sunday, June 25, 2006

Ending capital punishment, one country at a time

The Philippines has abolished the death penalty and commuted all death sentences to life imprisonment. This makes it the 87th country (and only the 6th in East Asia) to have gone abolitionist.

If you're wondering how much progress is being made on ending the death penalty worldwide, Wikipedia has a handy map here.

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