Rejected petition Make more people aware of the death penalty and how it should be abolished.

Every day in many countries, people are executed as punishment for many crimes.This can sometimes for petty crimes that do not deserve a punishment. In some countries it can be for who you sleep with, in others it can be for acts of terror and murder.

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Execution methods:

There are many types of execution used around the world today, including:

• Beheading
• Electrocution
• Hanging
• Lethal injection
• Shooting in the back of the head and by firing squad

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Date submitted 23 October 2015
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