Death penalty worldwide
   use of the death penalty around the world.
                                       The death penalty is an abomination
   "The death penalty is an abomination," said Neil Durkun, Amnesty
   International UK. "To have the death penalty is a contravention of the
   Capital punishment is legal in 38 of the 50 US states. The last state
   to bring back the death penalty was New York in 1995. Illinois placed a