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.
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.
Belarus is not a Western (or even “Western”) country.
How is Belarus a western country? Because its west of Russia? It’s practically a part of it.