Capital punishment in Finland (Finnish: kuolemanrangaistus, Swedish: dödsstraff) has been abolished de jure. As of 1823 in the Grand Duchy of Finland...

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, also called the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as a punishment for a crime. It has historically been used...

Capital punishment in traditional Jewish law has been defined in Codes of Jewish law dating back to medieval times, based on a system of oral laws contained...

Capital punishment in Romania was abolished in 1990, and has been prohibited by the Constitution of Romania since 1991. The death penalty has a long and...

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 as a criminal punishment for homosexuality has been implemented by a number of countries in their history. It is a legal punishment...

possession of significant amounts of drugs, constitutes a capital offence and may result in capital punishment for drug trafficking, or possession assumed to be...

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corporal punishment is the deliberate infliction of physical pain as a response to undesired behavior by students. The term corporal punishment derives...

Putkonen). In the Finnish Civil War (1918) and in the 3 wars of World War II (1939–1945): Winter War, Continuation War and Lapland War capital punishment was...

firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading (from the French fusil, rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military...

and Punishment (1983 film) (original title, Rikos ja Rangaistus), the first movie by the Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki, with Markku Toikka in the lead...

A corporal punishment or a physical punishment is a punishment which is intended to cause physical pain to a person. When it is inflicted on minors, especially...

Retributive justice is a legal concept whereby the criminal offender receives punishment proportional or similar to the crime. As opposed to revenge, retribution—and...

the fortified security of the camp for some time. As the punishment fell by lot, all soldiers in a group sentenced to decimation were potentially liable...

opponent of capital punishment. Silverman was born in poverty to migrant Jewish parents from Jassy, Romania. His father was a draper living in the Kensington...

Hanging has been a common method of capital punishment since the Middle Ages, and is the primary execution method in numerous countries and regions. The...

corpses. The terms "capital offence", "capital crime", "capital punishment", derive from the Latin caput, "head", referring to the punishment for serious offences...

The Finnish Civil War was a civil war in Finland in 1918 fought for the leadership and control of the country between White Finland and the Finnish Socialist...

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The legality of corporal punishment of children varies by country. Corporal punishment of minor children by parents or adult guardians, which is intended...

cultures [fi]. The Finnish Bronze Age started in approximately 1,500 BC and the Iron Age started in 500 BC and lasted until 1,300 AD. Finnish Iron Age cultures...

was used in sub-Saharan Africa for pre-trial detention, to secure compensation and as a last resort but not generally as punishment, except in the Songhai...

(Swedish: Nikolajstad; lit. 'city of Nicholas') is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Ostrobothnia. It is located on the west coast of the country...

Vantaa (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈʋɑntɑː]; Swedish: Vanda, Finland Swedish: [ˈvɑnːdɑ]) is a city in Finland. It is located to the north of the capital, Helsinki...

punishment. According to Finnish legends, a young maiden was wrongfully immured into the castle wall of Olavinlinna as a punishment for treason. The subsequent...

His execution is believed to be the last example of capital punishment being carried out in Finland during peacetime. According to preserved court and...

in a maximum punishment of two years in prison while men have to be caught in the act and not merely accused, and are punished with only one year in prison...

homosexuality which was legal before; but it also abolished the capital punishment in the country, therefore the new Code received mixed reactions from...