GCalifornia governor Gavin Newsom declared on Thursday that he would ease the death penalty for all 548 prisoners currently awaiting execution in his country — the largest number of dead convicts in the Western Hemisphere, broadcast. I did. tv

By ReutersThe US debate on the death penalty recently intensified following the failure of an execution by the state of Tennessee on September 30th. Condemned for murder, Christa Pike survived two attempts to inject deadly substances.

Afterward, Pike was hospitalized, and on October 10, he returned to prison.

According to the Human Rights Organization ʹAmnesty International, about 15 countries continue to carry out the death penalty. The death penalty remains in effect in 27 US states, although executions focus on a small number of them, while more than 20 states have fully abolished capital punishment.