Q11. What kind of crimes lead to the death penalty?

Here are the crimes that led to death penalty.

1. Consensual sexual relations outside marriage.
 ・At least 10 people, mainly women, were executed by this in Iran.

2. Trafficking drugs.
 ・70% of executions in 2012 in Iran were for drug offenses.

3. White collar crimes.
 ・In July 2012 in Iran, four men were sentenced to death after conviction of corruption and disrupting the country's economic system for their role in a massive bank fraud.

4. Opposing the government.
 ・In 2012, Iran’s Supreme Court upheld the death sentence imposed on Gholamreza Khosravi Savadjani under charges of “enmity against God” for his alleged ties to a banned Iranian opposition group. 

5. Offending or abandoning religion.
 ・Because of this, people in Saudi Arabia, U.S., Iran and North Korea were executed.

In Japan, murder, robbery causing death, terrorism related offenses causing death, arson not resulting to death, treason, etc are punished by death.



[CITATION]
・AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2013/04/five-crimes-can-get-you-killed/
・Cornell Law School. http://www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org/country-search-post.cfm?country=japan