Comments on: Global Executions http://chartporn.org/2010/07/29/global-executions/ data visualizations and charts you just gotta love. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:27:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tony Hisir http://chartporn.org/2010/07/29/global-executions/comment-page-1/#comment-4070 Tony Hisir Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:39:23 +0000 http://chartporn.org/2010/07/29/global-executions/#comment-4070 USA and Japan are the only develop countries according to this chart. USA and Japan are the only develop countries according to this chart.

]]> By: Maciej Witkowiak http://chartporn.org/2010/07/29/global-executions/comment-page-1/#comment-1839 Maciej Witkowiak Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:52:30 +0000 http://chartporn.org/2010/07/29/global-executions/#comment-1839 For example, it does not invite comparison to India, France, Germany, and other populous countries that did not make this top-10 list. European countries did not make to the top10 list, simply because they don't have death penalty. India has it, but according to wiki "is legal but extremely rare". Among countries with death penalty the ones from the chart are most populous. For example, it does not invite comparison to India, France, Germany, and other populous countries that did not make this top-10 list.

European countries did not make to the top10 list, simply because they don’t have death penalty. India has it, but according to wiki “is legal but extremely rare”. Among countries with death penalty the ones from the chart are most populous.

]]> By: John Miller http://chartporn.org/2010/07/29/global-executions/comment-page-1/#comment-1835 John Miller Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:53:45 +0000 http://chartporn.org/2010/07/29/global-executions/#comment-1835 I'm intrigued by your question. Deciding to portray this kind of data as a ratio (killings per million or killings per total population) papers-over the Chinese and American records and invites comparisons to "worse" records instead of better ones. For example, it does not invite comparison to India, France, Germany, and other populous countries that did not make this top-10 list. As always, it comes down to the overall purpose of the chart. So I kinda' like the use of actual numbers of killed prisoners. Each one was a human, not a ratio. I'm relieved it was not portrayed with photos and I'm rolling my eyes at colouring China's bar red. Still scared are we? I’m intrigued by your question. Deciding to portray this kind of data as a ratio (killings per million or killings per total population) papers-over the Chinese and American records and invites comparisons to “worse” records instead of better ones. For example, it does not invite comparison to India, France, Germany, and other populous countries that did not make this top-10 list. As always, it comes down to the overall purpose of the chart.

So I kinda’ like the use of actual numbers of killed prisoners. Each one was a human, not a ratio.

I’m relieved it was not portrayed with photos and I’m rolling my eyes at colouring China’s bar red. Still scared are we?

]]> By: Ben Daniels http://chartporn.org/2010/07/29/global-executions/comment-page-1/#comment-1834 Ben Daniels Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:06:38 +0000 http://chartporn.org/2010/07/29/global-executions/#comment-1834 Here's the per-million numbers. China still out-executes the rest of the world per capita, even using the 1,000 number. http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/datasets/executions-per-million-2009/versions/1 Here’s the per-million numbers. China still out-executes the rest of the world per capita, even using the 1,000 number.
http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/datasets/executions-per-million-2009/versions/1

]]> By: Maciej Witkowiak http://chartporn.org/2010/07/29/global-executions/comment-page-1/#comment-1831 Maciej Witkowiak Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:14:40 +0000 http://chartporn.org/2010/07/29/global-executions/#comment-1831 The original Amnesty International report didn't have any figure for China, it simply said that in China there were more executions than in other countries combined. China has also more people than other mentioned countries combined. A quick wiki search gave me these numbers - executions per 1mln: China (assuming 1000 executions): 0,75 Iran - 5,23 Iraq - 3,84 Saudi Arabia - 2,41 USA - 0,17 Yemen - 1,27 Sudan - 0,21 Vietnam - 0,10 Syria - 0,36 Japan - 0,05 With all my reservations about China, actually these numbers doesn't look so bad for them. They are simply big, populous country. The original Amnesty International report didn’t have any figure for China, it simply said that in China there were more executions than in other countries combined. China has also more people than other mentioned countries combined. A quick wiki search gave me these numbers – executions per 1mln:
China (assuming 1000 executions): 0,75
Iran – 5,23
Iraq – 3,84
Saudi Arabia – 2,41
USA – 0,17
Yemen – 1,27
Sudan – 0,21
Vietnam – 0,10
Syria – 0,36
Japan – 0,05

With all my reservations about China, actually these numbers doesn’t look so bad for them. They are simply big, populous country.

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