Northwestern University School of Law, in con­junc­tion with the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, has com­piled a new resource on the use of the death penal­ty in every coun­try around the world. This search­able data­base, www​.death​penal​ty​world​wide​.org, con­tains infor­ma­tion on each country’s death penal­ty sta­tus, meth­ods of exe­cu­tion, num­ber of exe­cu­tions, and crimes pun­ish­able by the death penal­ty. The data­base also includes demo­graph­ic infor­ma­tion on each coun­try, rel­e­vant treaties signed, and con­tacts for more infor­ma­tion. All of the mate­ri­als are care­ful­ly ref­er­enced. The data­base allows search­es by geo­graph­i­cal regions and is part of Death Penalty Worldwide’s web­site, which fea­tures a blog and other resources.

(Northwestern University School of Law and World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, April 13, 2011). See International and relat­ed death penal­ty web­sites.

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