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> The US has the highest rate of incarceration of any country in the world. Among those other lower-incarceration countries are Iran, Saudi Arabia, and China,

• lnxg33k1 3y ago
  I’d assume people would compare what they think is the greatest civilisation of the world with civilisation of compatible systems, but yeah if you want to race with Iran, SA and China and just be better than them, go ahead, be better than Iran, it will be great for Americans, there is also Afghanistan if you want to go a level further
• jmyeet 3y ago
  Iran [1]: > Iran carried out at least 977 executions in 2015, at least 567 executions in 2016,[7] and at least 507 executions in 2017.[8] In 2018 there were at least 249 executions, at least 273 in 2019, at least 246 in 2020, at least 290 in 2021, at least 553 in 2022, and at least 309 so far in 2023. There is no public information on China. This doesn't significantly change the prison population. Estimates are roughly 2400 annually [2]. Saudi Arabia executed 172 people in 2023 [3]. Again, this is statistically insignificant compared to prison population. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Iran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_Iran [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_China [3]: https://reprieve.org/uk/2024/01/02/saudi-arabia-executed-at-least-172-people-in-2023 https://reprieve.org/uk/2024/01/02/saudi-arabia-executed-at-...