143
The United Nations held a vote on the death penalty. This is how countries voted
(worldcoalition.org)
this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2025
143 points (81.5% liked)
Mildly Interesting
23520 readers
607 users here now
This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.
This is obviously an objective criteria, so the mods are always right. Or maybe mildly right? Ahh.. what do we know?
Just post some stuff and don't spam.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Seems like the dudes in favor of the death penalty seem to be the usual suspects... And then there's Japan, who straight up went
collapsed inline media
for no discernible fuckin reason LOL
Japan is a country that frequently practices the death penalty.
Really? I did not know that. Gotta look into that
You'd think it would involve katanas and beheading or something like you'd see in the movies. Nope, hanging. The Japanese death penalty is typically hanging. Wild, I know. No swords involved. Sorry if this ruins your Monday. I know I was disappointed. Sometimes movies lie, though.
I didnt know japan still had the death penalty in the first place