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Approximately what proportion of countries around the world had the death penalty in 2008?
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According to Amnesty International, the following information represents the death penalty status of world countries, as of January 2009.
Legal Status
No Capital Punishment................92.......47.2%
Abolished for Ordinary Crimes...... 9....... 4.6%
Abolished in Practice...................33.......16.9%
Use Capital Punishment...............61.......31.3%
Total Sample............................195......100.0%*
* Statistics do not equal 100% due to rounding
Practical Status
Not Practicing Capital Punishment.........125........64.1%
Allow Capital Punishment*.....................70........35.9%
* The nine countries that allow capital punishment only under extraordinary circumstances occupy a grey zone between extremes, but are included with those that actively practice capital punishment.
To view a world map of countries by death penalty status, see Related Links, below.
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