# As most democracies abolish executions, the US keeps refining them

https://mins.news/en/video/50357

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-08 20:26 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FHKNaGNu0w

> Most Western democracies have abolished capital punishment, but the United States is moving in the opposite direction. Courts are rejecting execution methods as unconstitutional while states seek new ones, deepening the divide over whether the death penalty represents justice or cruelty. The central question is whether the US is ending capital punishment or perfecting it.

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