The dramatic uptick of capital punishment in recent years, and the brutality of methods still used around the world, has thrust state-sanctioned executions back into the spotlight.'s murky record is brought into focus by wide reports alleging thousands are killed each year in a horrifying the Chinese Communist Party embracing anachronisms including firing squads and mobile death vans to expedite state executions. But the United States has also come for its use of capital punishment, with rights groups increasingly alarmed by an upward trend in the number of murderers put to death in recent years.
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