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Which countries abolished it recently?
Globally, the trend is towards abolition. Kazakhstan abolished the death penalty in 2021, and Zambia followed suit in 2022. Equatorial Guinea and the Central African Republic both abolished it in 2022, and Malaysia removed the mandatory death penalty for 11 serious crimes in 2023. This contrasts with Florida, where William Thompson remains on death row.
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