國際新聞

December 29, 2011｜The New York Times

Gov. Chafee Declines

Gov. Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island took a principled position when he refused an order from a federal court to transfer a prisoner to federal custody for prosecution because that would expose the prisoner to the death penalty. As Mr. Chafee said in a statement, that is “a penalty consciously rejected by the State of Rhode Island, even for those guilty of the most heinous crimes.”

2011-12-23 俄新網

明斯克12月23日電

白俄羅斯總統盧卡申科發表聲明說，白俄羅斯仍然需要死刑這種懲罰手段。

盧卡申科周五在新聞發布會上說：“我認為，現在這種懲罰手段的迫切性並沒有降低。”

他指出，1996年全民公決期間，大多數白俄公民投票支持保留死刑。

2011-12-20 European Commission - Press release

Brussels, 20 December 2011 - The European Commission decided today to extend the list of goods subject to export controls, to prevent their use for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. As of today, trade of certain anaesthetics, such as sodium thiopental, which can be used in lethal injections, to countries that have not yet abolished the death penalty, will be tightly controlled. Furthermore, the scope of the EU regulation has been enlarged to include other products such as spike batons that previously were not prohibited.

2011-12-16 大洋網-廣州日報

今年美國一共判處78人死刑，被判死刑人數是美國最高法院恢復死刑35年來最少的，今年實際被處死人數為43人，比去年減少3人。

根據美國死刑信息中心15日發布的報告，從1998年以來，美國法院判處死刑的人數持續下降，1998年時有300人左右被判死刑，今年被判死刑人數在美國現代死刑史上首次少於100人；實際執行死刑人數也在下降，2000年有85人被處死，而2010年減少到46人，其中44人是注射執行，1人電椅處死，1人被槍決。