Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Capital punishment in Yemen is commonly applied for a wide variety of criminal transgressions. This includes violent acts like murder, rape, or terrorism, but it can also be used in cases of Islamic or \"Hudud\" offences under Sharia law such as adultery, sexual misconduct, prostitution, and apostasy. Kidnapping, robbery, drug trafficking, homosexuality, and treason carry a possible death sentence as well.Yemen has one of the highest execution rates in the world. Capital punishment is typically carried out by shooting, although stoning remains a legally viable option for charges of adultery; however, there have been no documented cases of its application for centuries. The southern Arabian republic is also one of a select few countries that continues to perform public executions. In addition to being the only individual in the country with the authority to grant clemency, the President of Yemen must ratify all executions passed down by any court before they are carried out."@en }
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- Capital_punishment_in_Yemen abstract "Capital punishment in Yemen is commonly applied for a wide variety of criminal transgressions. This includes violent acts like murder, rape, or terrorism, but it can also be used in cases of Islamic or \"Hudud\" offences under Sharia law such as adultery, sexual misconduct, prostitution, and apostasy. Kidnapping, robbery, drug trafficking, homosexuality, and treason carry a possible death sentence as well.Yemen has one of the highest execution rates in the world. Capital punishment is typically carried out by shooting, although stoning remains a legally viable option for charges of adultery; however, there have been no documented cases of its application for centuries. The southern Arabian republic is also one of a select few countries that continues to perform public executions. In addition to being the only individual in the country with the authority to grant clemency, the President of Yemen must ratify all executions passed down by any court before they are carried out.".