In Ukraine, the maximum criminal punishment is life imprisonment.

Many countries around the world execute offenders for drug-related crimes.

Putting a convicted or guilty criminal to death is known as capital punishment.

By the early 21^st century 25 countries had abolished the death sentence.

Since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, more black people have been executed than white people.

Criminology uses scientific logic to link the motives for crime to methods of controlling it.

Misdemeanors are offences that are not punishable by death in a state prison.

She is still not divorced from the man who abused her.

She left her husband after he assured her that he was going to kill her.

She never thought she was a victim of domestic abuse during her relationship.