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...

The 1978 Spanish Constitution bans capital punishment in Spain, except for wartime offences. Spain completely abolished capital punishment for all offenses...

based on their use of capital punishment. As of 2024[update]: 53 (27%) maintain the death penalty in law and practice. 23 (11%) permit its use but have abolished...

Capital punishment has been completely abolished in all European countries except for Belarus and Russia, the latter of which has a moratorium and has...

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...

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Malaysian law. There are currently 27 capital crimes in Malaysia, including murder, drug trafficking, treason...

In the United States, capital punishment (killing a person as punishment for allegedly committing a crime) is a legal penalty throughout the country at...

Capital punishment in the Philippines (Filipino: Parusang Kamatayan sa Pilipinas) specifically, the death penalty, as a form of state-sponsored repression...

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...

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...

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...

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for...

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...

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...

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Ghana only for high treason. Ghana last executed a criminal in 1993. It is considered "abolitionist in practice...

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,...

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 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...

professor and longtime activist against capital punishment who is sentenced to death for killing a fellow capital punishment opponent; Kate Winslet, Laura Linney...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Capital punishment in Chile is legally sanctioned, albeit with significant limitations. Since its abolition for civilian offenses in 2001, its application...

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Guatemala, and is carried out by lethal injection and, to a lesser extent, the firing squad. The death penalty...

Capital punishment in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States, is abolished. However, a number of people were executed in the territory...

Capital punishment in Gibraltar included public execution in the nineteenth century until 1864. The last sentence of death was passed in 1952. Under British...

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...