We Once Had A Very Large Death Row Population
Ether we had a lot of convicts committing heinous crimes, or our judges were giving capital punishment out like candy. Next to China and the Middle East, we had the second largest population of convicts sent to death row, ranging at about 1,200 people. As per Amnesty International, the pardon of these sentences by President Gloria Arroyo during her term was the biggest number of commutations in a single sitting anywhere in the world. Of course, the United States is on top of the list of the largest death row population. Since 1995, they have an average of 3,000 death row convicts per year.
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