A once-temporary ban on the death penalty is now set to be enshrined into Russian law, permanently banning the practice as Russia prepares to join the majority of the world’s countries in outlawing capital punishment.

Here's a partial list of countries that America is in good company with by participating in capital punishment:

Afghanistan

Bahrain

Chad

China

Congo

Cuba

Iran

Iraq

North Korea

Kuwait

Jordan

Lebanon

Oman

Pakistan

Palestinian Authority

Quatar

Saudi Arabia

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Sudan

Syria

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

"Violence should not be our response to violence, justice is never revenge. Killing murderers does not deter murderers, but, rather, promotes an attitude that life is cheap and that when we have the power, it is all right to kill."

- Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley, Metropolitan Archbishop of Boston