Death penalty – shouldn’t Ethiopia consider abolishing it?
Kiya Tsegaye
Not so long ago, legally backed death penalties were embedded in constitutions of many countries around the world.
But as of late the number of countries employing the death penalty is declining. It is possible that worldwide pressure may gradually influence all countries to abandon the practice. For now the world has not formed a common consensus against its use. The most populous country in the world, China, executes more than a dozen people every year, and some states in the United States use it regularly. Luckily Europe has long freed itself of this cumbersome practice.