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Capital punishment in Saudi Arabia
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Saudi Arabia. Most executions in the country are carried out by decapitation (beheading). Saudi Arabia is the only country that still uses this method. Capital punishment is used both for people charged with lethal crimes and people charged with non-lethal crimes (including drug offenses, sexual offenses, "sorcery", and "witchcraft"). Over two-thirds of those executed are charged with non-lethal drug offenses. Also among those executed are individuals charged with non-lethal terrorism, a charge that has been used against individuals who participated in protests against the authoritarian regime in Saudi Arabia. Death sentences are almost exclusively based on the system of judicial sentencing discretion (tazir), following the classical principle of avoiding Sharia-prescribed (hudud) penalties when possible. In response to a 1970s rise in violent crime, these sentences increased. This paralleled similar developments in the United States and mainland...
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