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 White paper on crime 2002 Part 2/Chap.3/Sec.3/1 

Section 3 Sentencing

1 Death sentence

   Table 2-3-3-1 shows the number of defendants sentenced to death in the ordinary first instance over the 10 years to 2001, by type of offense.
  By type of offense, the percentage of the defendants sentenced to death in all defendants found guilty in 2001 was 0.7% both for homicide and for robbery resulting in death or bodily injury (Source: Annual Report of Judicial Statistics).

Table 2-3-3-1 Number of defendants sentenced to death in the ordinary first instance, by type of offense (1992-2001)