Interesting Facts

According to a report by Amnesty International a total of 2,390 people were put to death in 25 countries in 2008. (Five states: China, Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United States -- accounted for 93 percent of the executions. China: 1,718 people Iran: 346 people Saudi Arabia: at least 102 people United States: 37 people - Texas accounted for roughly half. Pakistan: at least 36 people. Belarus is the last country in Europe and the former Soviet Union that is still carrying out executions.)

Texas has executed 398 convicts since it resumed the practice in 1982. (Six years after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a ban on capital punishment, they now far exceed second-place Virginia where 98 executions have taken place since the ban was lifted. Texas has five executions scheduled for August. Well I guess it's one way to get into the Guinness Book of Records.)