Knowledge bank
Country specific information
A part of the work of the Danish Medical Group Against the Death Penalty consists of monitoring specific countries where there is a particular pressing medical aspect to the death penalty.
The Danish Medical Group Against the Death Penalty at the moment has chosen to focus on three countries, where the medical aspect of the death penalty is particularly pressing: Japan, China, and the United States. Each of these countries has its own issues, and each section focuses on what is particularly problematic about the given country.
Countries in focus:
List of countries that use the lethal injection method for capital punishment
Countries that use the lethal injection method:
China
Guatamala
Maldives
Taiwan*
Thailand
United States of America
Vietnam
*Taiwan permits lethal injection as a method of execution, but no execution has been carried out in this manner.
Source: Death Penalty World Wide, Archive