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Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice. The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
In 2011, two people were allegedly executed in front of 500 spectators for handling propaganda leaflets floated across the border from South Korea, reportedly as part of an unverified campaign by former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il to tighten ideological control as he groomed his youngest son, Kim Jong Un, as the eventual successor. [48]
Kim’s government also ordered diplomats overseas to refrain from any acts that could provoke the United States because it is worried about President-elect Joe Biden’s expected new approach ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of 15 senior officials this year as punishment for challenging his authority.
0–9. List of people executed in the United States in 2000; List of people executed in the United States in 2001; List of people executed in the United States in 2002
Kim Jong-un made the announcement in which other ‘leading commanding officers’ were dismissed Kim Jong-un appoints official ‘rumoured to have been executed’ as North Korea’s top military ...
Date of execution Name Age of person Gender Ethnicity State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 March 7, 2025 Brad Keith Sigmon: 67 43 24 Male White South Carolina: To be determined [3] Profile: 2 March 13, 2025 David Leonard Wood: 29 38 Texas: Lethal injection: Profile: 3 March 17, 2025 Christopher Sepulvado: 81 48 33 Louisiana