Amnesty Death Penalty Report Released

From Jurist Paper Chase, 4/5/2005:

Amnesty International has released its 2004
report on the use of capital punishment,
The death penalty worldwide: developments
in 2004.

According to the report, the number of executions,
which does not include executions that many governments
fail to officially report, is the second highest figure the
organization has recorded in the 25 years Amnesty
has been monitoring capital punishment. The number
of death sentences is the highest figure Amnesty has
reported in 10 years. At least 3,797 people were
executed in 2004 and at least 7,395 people in 64
countries were sentenced to death last year.