Pada tahun [[2005]], setidaknya 2.148 orang dieksekusi di 22 negara, termasuk Indonesia. Dari data tersebut 94% praktik hukuman mati hanya dilakukan di beberapa negara, misalnya: [[Iran]], [[Tiongkok]], [[Arab Saudi]], dan [[Amerika Serikat]].
[[Majelis Umum Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa]] telah memberlakukan resolusi tidak mengikat pada tahun 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, dan 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcoalition.org/united-nations-resolution-moratorium-death-penalty-executions-general-assembly.html|title=117 countries vote for a global moratorium on executions|work=World Coalition Against the Death Penalty}}</ref> untuk menyerukan penghapusan hukuman mati di seluruh dunia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24679&Cr=general&Cr1=assembly|title=moratorium on the death penalty|publisher=United Nations|date=15 November 2007|accessdate=23 Agustus 2010}}</ref> Meskipun hampir sebagian besar negara telah menghapus hukuman mati, namuntetapi sekitar 60% penduduk dunia bermukim di negara yang masih memberlakukan hukuman mati seperti di [[Tiongkok]], [[India]], [[Amerika Serikat]], dan [[Indonesia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/FH13Df03.html|title=Asia Times Online – The best news coverage from South Asia|work=Asia Times|date=13 Agustus 2004|accessdate=23 Agustus 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcoalition.org/modules/smartsection/item.php?itemid=325&sel_lang=english|title=Coalition mondiale contre la peine de mort – Indonesian activists face upward death penalty trend – Asia – Pacific – Actualités|publisher=Worldcoalition.org|accessdate=23 Agustus 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egovmonitor.com/node/24280 |title=No serious chance of repeal in those states that are actually using the death penalty |publisher=Egovmonitor.com |date=25 Maret 2009 |accessdate=23 Agustus 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20090827071433/http://www.egovmonitor.com:80/node/24280 |archivedate=27 Agustus 2009 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11889244?nclick_check=1 AG Brown says he'll follow law on death penalty] {{wayback|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_11889244?nclick_check=1 |date=20110827175748 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/24/lawmakers-cite-economic-crisis-effort-ban-death-penalty/|title=Lawmakers Cite Economic Crisis in Effort to Ban Death Penalty|publisher=Fox News Channel|date=7 April 2010|accessdate=23 Agustus 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/14/america/death.php |title=death penalty is not likely to end soon in US |work=International Herald Tribune |date=29 Maret 2009 |accessdate=23 Agustus 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316003328/http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/03/14/america/death.php |archivedate=16 Maret 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_28839.shtml |title=Death penalty repeal unlikely says anti-death penalty activist |publisher=Axisoflogic.com |accessdate=23 Agustus 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707202401/http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_28839.shtml |archivedate=7 Juli 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://media.www.thelantern.com/media/storage/paper333/news/2009/05/06/Campus/A.New.Texas.Ohios.Death.Penalty.Examined-3736956.shtml|title=A new Texas? Ohio's death penalty examined – Campus|publisher=Media.www.thelantern.com|accessdate=23 Agustus 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fidh.org/THE-DEATH-PENALTY-IN-JAPAN|title=THE DEATH PENALTY IN JAPAN-FIDH – Human Rights for All / Les Droits de l'Homme pour Tous|publisher=Fidh.org|accessdate=23 Agustus 2010}}</ref>
