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Logical

(22,457 posts) Wed Apr 8, 2015, 08:29 PM Apr 2015

USA is 5th in the world in executing people. Look at the company we keep.........

I am disgusted any "liberal" wants to be tied to the other countries in this list! Sick!
Where is France, Sweden, New Zealand, Switzerland, Canada, the UK? Hmmmm. Interesting.

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USA is 5th in the world in executing people. Look at the company we keep......... (Original Post) Logical Apr 2015 OP

Looks like we have something in common with yuiyoshida Apr 2015 #1

Stats need to be adjusted for each country's population size. Trillo Apr 2015 #2

yuiyoshida

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1. Looks like we have something in common with

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Wed Apr 8, 2015, 08:34 PM

Apr 2015

Saudi Arabia.. and North Korea.

Trillo

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2. Stats need to be adjusted for each country's population size.

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Wed Apr 8, 2015, 08:52 PM

Apr 2015

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I'm guessing the USA would be higher than #5, and China lower.

The following site attempts to make such a list, but splits the US into individual states.

https://ourtimes.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/executions-in-2008/

State by state execution rates, but with different numerator & divisor.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/state-execution-rates

Google says the 2010 population of the U.S. was 309.3 million. So 46/309.3=0.14. Not sure if that's the same calculation as the above chart or not.

My guess about the U.S. appears to have been incorrect. We imprison for life, except for a few states.

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