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A Texas man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk was put to death Wednesday evening, becoming the 30th person executed in the U.S. this year and the first since Tennessee's failed attempt to administer a lethal injection to Christa Pike a week ago.
Which other “highly developed” western country has the death penalty still?
The only other OEDC members to do so are Japan, Israel, and (theoretically) South Korea. Belarus is the only “western” country other than the US.
How is Belarus a western country? Because its west of Russia? It’s practically a part of it.
Belarus is not a Western (or even “Western”) country.