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    The last use of capital punishment in Spain took place on 27 September 1975 when two members of the armed Basque nationalist and separatist group ETA...
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    The 1978 Spanish Constitution bans capital punishment in Spain, except for wartime offences. Spain completely abolished capital punishment for all offenses...
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    based on their use of capital punishment. As of 2024[update]: 54 (28%) maintain the death penalty in law and practice. 23 (12%) permit its use but have abolished...
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    Capital punishment has been completely abolished in all European countries except for Belarus and Russia, the latter of which has a moratorium and has...
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    Capital punishment in the United Kingdom predates the formation of the UK, having been used within the British Isles from ancient times until the second...
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  • Capital punishment in the Philippines (Filipino: Parusang Kamatayan sa Pilipinas) specifically, the death penalty, as a form of state-sponsored repression...
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    In the United States, capital punishment (killing a person as punishment for allegedly committing a crime) is a legal penalty throughout the country at...
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    Capital punishment in Sweden was last used in 1910, though it remained a legal sentence for at least some crimes until 1973. It is now outlawed by the...
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  • Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for...
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  • The only method used in Canada for capital punishment of civilians after the end of the French regime was hanging. The last execution in Canada was the...
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  • This is a list of methods of capital punishment, also known as execution. Many of the former methods combine execution with torture, often intending to...
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    carried out in both areas of Spain and that dishonored us Spaniards on both sides equally". The last use of capital punishment in Spain took place on...
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  • Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Nigeria. The death penalty is authorized by Section 33 of the Constitution of Nigeria. Capital crimes are defined...
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    Garrote (category CS1 Spanish-language sources (es))
    variants) or garrote vil (Spanish: [ɡaˈrote ˈβil]) is a weapon and a method of capital punishment. It consists of a handheld ligature of chain, rope, scarf,...
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  • professor and longtime activist against capital punishment who is sentenced to death for killing a fellow capital punishment opponent; Kate Winslet, Laura Linney...
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  • Capital punishment in Sudan is legal under Article 27 of the Sudanese Criminal Act 1991. The Act is based on Sharia law which prescribes both the death...
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  • Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Malaysian law. There are currently 27 capital crimes in Malaysia, including murder, drug trafficking, treason...
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  • Capital punishment in Peru was last used in 1979. In the same year, the death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes. Peru is one of seven countries...
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  • retains capital punishment while not ratified the Second Optional Protocol (ICCR) of UN General Assembly resolution. Historically, capital punishments was...
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  • indicates Crime in LOCATION links. law portal Capital punishment Capital punishment for cannabis trafficking Use of capital punishment by country Mexican...
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  • Capital punishment in Chile is legally sanctioned, albeit with significant limitations. Since its abolition for civilian offenses in 2001, its application...
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  • Capital punishment has been a legal penalty in Kenya since before its independence, and continues to be so under Kenyan law. No executions have been carried...
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  • Capital punishment is legal in Tonga, but has not been imposed since 1982. The country's lack of executions puts it into the category of a state abolitionist...
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  • Capital punishment in South Africa was abolished on 6 June 1995 by the ruling of the Constitutional Court in the case of S v Makwanyane, following a five-year...
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    remained France's standard method of judicial execution until the abolition of capital punishment in 1981. The last person to be executed by a government...
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  • Capital punishment is a legal criminal penalty in Somalia, a nation in East Africa. Legally sanctioned executions of the death penalty in Somalia are...
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    culture. In the English-speaking world, the use of corporal punishment in schools has historically been justified by the common-law doctrine in loco parentis...
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  • Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Mauritania. However, the country is considered "Abolitionist in Practice" due to having a moratorium on executions...
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  • Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Uganda. The death penalty was likely last carried out in 1999, although some sources say the last execution in...
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    Stoning (redirect from Stoned (punishment))
    method of capital punishment in ancient Israel. Its use is attested in the early Christian era, but Jewish courts generally avoided stoning sentences in later...
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