According to Amnesty there are:

• 106 countries where use of the death penalty is not allowed by law
• 7 countries which permit the death penalty only for serious crimes in exceptional circumstances, such as those committed during times of war
• 29 countries which have death penalty laws but haven’t executed anyone for at least 10 years, and a policy or more formal commitment not to execute
• 56 countries which retain death penalty laws and either carry out executions or the authorities have not made an official declaration not to execute

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The most recent countries to abolish the death penalty otherwise known as the capital punishment include Burkina Faso (2018), Guinea (2017), Benin (2016), and Madagascar (2015).

Here are 53 countries that still have the death penalty in 2018, including Nigeria

1. Afghanistan
2. Antigua and Barbuda
3. Bahamas
4. Bahrain
5. Bangladesh
6. Barbados
7. Belarus
8. Belize
9. Botswana
10. Chad
11. China
12. Comoros
13. Cuba
14. Dominica
15. DRC
16. Egypt
17. Equatorial Guinea
18. Ethiopia
19. Guyana
20. India
21. Indonesia
22. Iran
23. Iraq
24. Jamaica
25. Japan
26. Jordan
27. Kuwait
28. Lesotho
29. Libya
30. Malaysia
31. Nigeria
32. North Korea
33. Oman
34. Pakistan
35. Palestinian territories
36. Saudi Arabia
37. Singapore
38. Somalia
39. South Sudan
40. St Kitts and Nevis
41. St Lucia
42. St Vincent and the Grenadines
43. Sudan
44. Syria
45. Taiwan
46. Thailand
47. Trinidad and Tobago
48. UAE
49. Uganda
50. US
51. Vietnam
52. Yemen
53. Zimbabwe

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