<Ul> <Li> 25 (44%) maintain the death penalty in both law and practice . </Li> <Li> 7 (16%) permit its use for ordinary crimes, but have not used it for at least 10 years and are believed to have a policy or established practice of not carrying out executions, or it is under a moratorium . </Li> <Li> 2 (3%) retain it for crimes committed in exceptional circumstances (such as in time of war). </Li> <Li> 10 (37%) have abolished it . </Li> </Ul> <Li> 25 (44%) maintain the death penalty in both law and practice . </Li> <Li> 7 (16%) permit its use for ordinary crimes, but have not used it for at least 10 years and are believed to have a policy or established practice of not carrying out executions, or it is under a moratorium . </Li> <Li> 2 (3%) retain it for crimes committed in exceptional circumstances (such as in time of war). </Li>

List of countries where the death penalty is legal