Amnesty International recorded at least 579 executions in 18 countries in 2021, up 19.9% from the 483 confirmed executions carried out in 18 countries in 2020.
Which countries still have capital punishment?
Severe historical execution methods include the breaking wheel, hanged, drawn and quartered, mazzatello, boiling to death, death by burning, execution by drowning, death by starvation, immurement, flaying, disembowelment, crucifixion, impalement, crushing, execution by elephant, keelhauling, stoning, dismemberment,