The Guardian view on the death penalty: a long way to go | Editorial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : This was the first time the death penalty had been used there for more than 30 years, said the UN.
44% : Amnesty International says that it saw a 20% increase in 2021, including a sharp rise in Iran to 314 deaths.
41% : Though capital punishment is in global decline, there are horrifying exceptions to the general trend
39% : And the overall fall in the documented use of the death penalty is accompanied by extreme and shocking cases in places that cling to it.
38% : The broad trend is towards the decline of capital punishment.
38% : The US is also a glaring example of the way that progress can be turned back: 50 years ago this summer, the supreme court struck down the death penalty.
37% : There are many reasons to be disturbed by capital punishment.
34% : His case has helped to stir debate about capital punishment.
28% : These include agonising deaths witnessed in the US, wrongful convictions, the blatant discrimination of criminal justice systems that results in the disproportionate killing of ethnic minority offenders, and the use of the death penalty for non-violent crimes and political offences.

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