The death penalty is a state-approved practice of executing convicts in judgement for gruesome offenses from murder to war crimes. Also known as supreme punishment, it is illegal in the majority of the countries across the globe, though some of the most densely-populated territories, like India or China, still execute their citizens for capital felonies. Although the number of executions goes down year-on-year, in 2020, almost 1,500 people were killed in 50+ states.