Capital punishment remains one of society's most controversial topics of conversation. Otherwise known as the death penalty, it refers to the process of sentencing convicted offenders to death for the most serious crimes, very often murder. The debate surrounding what amounts to an institutionalized practice of deliberately killing persons in response to actual or supposed misconduct has divided opinion for decades. And while 144 countries have now abolished the death sentence, many others still pursue what Amnesty International describes as an ultimately cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment. So, what's your opinion?
Click through and ponder these bizarre facts about the death penalty.