Fun Facts

FUN FACTS

1. At least 1 in 25 people sentenced to the death penalty in the U.S. are innocent.


2. Iran sentences its citizens to the death penalty if they decide to change their religion from Islam.


3. Drug possession and trafficking are punished in Singapore with the death penalty.


4. Possessing Bibles, watching South Korean movies and distributing pornography may be punished with death in North Korea.

5. Crucifixion is still an official form of death penalty in Sudan.

6.  In 1944, a 14-year-old African-American was executed in the U.S. after a quick 2-hour trial with little evidence.

7.  Nike's slogan "Just do it" was inspired by the last words of a man about to be executed.