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Statistics suggest that officially about half of the countries in the world have abolished Capital Punishment, and a further 52 have stopped its use in practice. But we tell the story behind the numbers and show why the picture is more complicated. We speak to Parvais Jabbar, co-director of the Death Penalty Project. (Image: Handcuffed hands of a prisoner behind the bars of a prison. Credit: View Apart via Shutterstock)
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