A nation is known for the company it keeps. As an exercise enlarge the graph of the top 22 nations that execute people. The US is #5, but read down the list. There is not one Western Government that is on the list except for the US.
2013 was marked by some challenging setbacks on the journey to abolition of the death penalty. Four countries – Indonesia, Kuwait, Nigeria and Viet Nam – resumed executions and there was a significant rise in the number of people executed during the year compared with 2012, driven primarily by increases in Iraq and Iran.
Death Sentences and Executions 2013 | Amnesty International USA.
