[edit] By country methodology

In order to address the concerns expressed by the old "by country" section, I've made a new one which is not biased towards English language speaking countries.

The countries that are listed in the new section are there because:

(1) They are in the top 60 populated countries in the world, as listed here: List of countries by population
(2) They have a page specific to capital punishment in that country, as listed here: Category:Capital punishment by country

I hope this new method assuages any concerns the previous list made. --Shadowlink1014 06:09, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't think I agree with the first criterion. There are some countries in which the death penalty is quite notable even if it isn't one of the biggest countries in the world. I'm thinking particularly of Israel where they've only executed one person, Adolf Eichmann, and though they've sentenced others to death, they've overturned them all. It is an interesting situation when religious aversion to the death penalty creeps its way into politics. There also is an article Capital punishment in Israel. I don't know where the previous discussion is located that you mention nor do I know what the name of the template used to be, and that would be quite helpful. Meanwhile, I'm going to put Israel back on the list. If anyone has an issue with this, feel free to undo my edit, but if you do please justify your reason for doing so on this talk page. Thanks Valley2city^‽ 22:07, 25 December 2009 (UTC)