98 countries have banished the death penalty

Economist - By the end of 2014, 98 countries had outlawed the death penalty, up from 59 countries in 1995. Last year, 22 percent fewer people were put to death than the year before. America, along with Japan, is one of only two wealthy countries that still practices the death penalty. Even then, fewer people were put to death here in 2014 than in recent years.