Sentence examples for rate of execution from inspiring English sources

In Singapore, which has by far the highest rate of execution per capita of any country, about three-fourths of persons executed in 2000 had been sentenced for drug offenses.

LAURA SECOR: Iran has the second-highest rate of execution in the world.

"It's shameful that the government allowed the rate of execution to dictate the decision of where justice would be served in this case," he Wyda said.

"It's shameful that the government allowed the rate of execution to dictate the decision of where justice would be served in this case," Mr. Wyda said.

Even in the US, the outlier among democracies, seven states have repealed the death penalty since 2007, and the national rate of execution has fallen almost by half.

It should challenge his unwavering faith in his state's administration of the death penalty, which has produced a rate of execution that is by far the highest in the country.

Iran, which typically trails only China in the rate of executions, has been executing prisoners at a much greater rate since the protests began in June, human rights groups say.

The rate of executions appears to have speeded up, too.

Saudi Arabia is one of the few states in the world with a high rate of executions for women.

Despite the high rate of executions in the Islamic republic, Iranians increasingly favour forgiveness in cases involving murder.

In recent years Iran has faced criticism from human rights activists for its high rate of executions.