We’re bad, when it comes to executions, but we’re significantly less bad than Saudi Arabia.
DeathPenaltyInfo.org gives the tally: 35 last year, 39 the year before, 43 each the two before that; 46, 52, 37. There were big spikes in 1999 and 2000 – 98 and 85 respectively.
Our population is larger than that of Saudi Arabia – theirs is 28.3 million, ours is 318.9 million.
But then there’s the issue of the race of the people executed…
Yeah.
Then compare that to the race of the victims.
See it?
Yeah.