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The number of executions worldwide hit a nearly 10-year high in 2023 thanks to a surge in state killings by Iran , Saudi Arabia , China , and the United States .A new global report published by Amnesty International documents that the death penalty was imposed on 1,153 people last year, though the total is believed to be significantly higher due to the secrecy surrounding China 's penal system.
increase in state-sponsored murder was accompanied by new legislative moves that will allow for killing people by various means.'Bills to carry out executions by firing squad were introduced in Idaho and Tennessee, while the Montana legislature considered a measure to expand the substances used in lethal injections,' the report notes. 'In South Carolina a new law was signed to conceal the identity of people or entities involved in the preparation or carrying out of executions.
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