Thematic maps of the world, such as those typically found in the front section of a nice desktop atlas, tend to show remarkably consistent patterns when it comes to social-economic geography. Whether mapping per-capita GDP, say, or life expectancy or average levels of educational attainment, the US and Canada join Europe, Japan and South Korea, and Australia and New Zealand at one end of the spectrum, while most of Africa and southern Asia stand in sharp contrast at the other end. This map of capital punishment, however, provides a very different picture.  theatlantic: Which Countries Use the Death Penalty? This handy map from Wikimedia Commons shows how the world divides between countries with the death penalty (red), countries without (blue), countries that employ it only under rare “special circumstances” (green), and countries that legally retain the death penalty but have not used it in at least 10 years (orange). Currently, Texas is defying international courts, the UN, and the Obama administration by denying Vienna Convention rights to a Mexican prisoner. Read more at The Atlantic.
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Thematic maps of the world, such as those typically found in the front section of a nice desktop atlas, tend to show remarkably consistent patterns when it comes to social-economic geography. Whether mapping per-capita GDP, say, or life expectancy or average levels of educational attainment, the US and Canada join Europe, Japan and South Korea, and Australia and New Zealand at one end of the spectrum, while most of Africa and southern Asia stand in sharp contrast at the other end. This map of capital punishment, however, provides a very different picture. 

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Which Countries Use the Death Penalty?

This handy map from Wikimedia Commons shows how the world divides between countries with the death penalty (red), countries without (blue), countries that employ it only under rare “special circumstances” (green), and countries that legally retain the death penalty but have not used it in at least 10 years (orange).

Currently, Texas is defying international courts, the UN, and the Obama administration by denying Vienna Convention rights to a Mexican prisoner. Read more at The Atlantic.

Source: theatlantic

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    Yup. And it totally makes all those red countries safe, better, happier places. Our jails must be practically empty by...
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    Atlampa adds: Here in Atlampa we oppose the death penalty. Wish everyone did.
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    America: beacon of human rights? Not so much. And this Texas case is absolutely ridiculous. According to Article 6 of...
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