tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post6235040860403248265..comments2024-03-27T14:20:05.905-04:00Comments on Montclair SocioBlog: Executions and AudiencesJay Livingstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-90728082104158647512014-03-27T14:58:05.095-04:002014-03-27T14:58:05.095-04:00You're correct. I was reading a document that ...You're correct. I was reading a document that had old info. Here's another I found that say about the same you have. Thanks. https://news.vice.com/articles/2013-was-a-big-year-for-executions-worldwideAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-80164816667957685882014-03-25T23:04:41.456-04:002014-03-25T23:04:41.456-04:00The 234 executions in Texas took place over the 11...The 234 executions in Texas took place over the 11 years of Perry's tenure as governor. Iran executes far more.<br /><br />In 2012 in the US, there were 39 executions. Even if all of these had been in Texas (pop. about 26 million), that would be ratio of <b>1.5</b> executions per million population.<br /><br />Iran executed 522 people that year (a low year as these things go in Iran). With a population of 80 million, that gives a ratio of <b>6.5</b> executions per million, more than four times as high.Jay Livingstonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652075579940313964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35248477.post-64112427728860441062014-03-25T21:05:15.586-04:002014-03-25T21:05:15.586-04:00I liked your argument until I got to the math, and...I liked your argument until I got to the math, and geography and population sizes. Iran is a country and has a large population, much higher than Texas has,which is only ONE state among 50. Texas, I would say, has a third of the population that Iran has, Add up all the other states with capital punishment and their execution rates, and I bet you'd get a much higher number of government approved and supported executions than any other country, excluding N. Korea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com