List of most recent executions by jurisdiction
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This is a list of the most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries. Extrajudicial executions and killings are not included. Executions performed in the territory of a sovereign state when it was a colony or before the sovereign state gained independence are not included. The colours on the map correspond to and have the same meanings as the colours in the charts.
File:Death Penalty World Map.svg
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Abolished for all crimes
Abolished for crimes not committed in exceptional circumstances (such as crimes committed in time of war)
Abolished in practice
Legal form of punishment
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America and Caribbean
United States
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Oceania
| # | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cook Islands |
none since self-government on 4 August 1965 | ||||
 Fiji |
none since independence on 10 October 1970[6] | ||||
 Kiribati |
none since independence on 12 July 1979[6] | ||||
 Marshall Islands |
none since independence on 21 October 1986[107] | ||||
 F.S. Micronesia |
none since independence on 3 November 1986[108] | ||||
 Niue |
never used | ||||
 Nauru |
none since independence on 31 January 1968[6] | ||||
 New Zealand |
17 February 1957[6] | Walter James Bolton | murder | hanging | |
 Palau |
none since independence on 1 October 1994[2] | ||||
 Papua New Guinea |
none since independence on 16 September 1975[6][109] | ||||
 Samoa |
none since independence on 1 January 1962[6] | ||||
 Solomon Islands |
none since independence on 7 July 1978[6] | ||||
 Tonga |
7 September 1982[6] | Haloti Sole, Livingi Sole, and Fili Esau | murder | hanging | |
 Tuvalu |
none since independence on 1 October 1978[6] | ||||
 Vanuatu |
none since independence on 30 July 1980[6] |
Australia
| # | State | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Government of Australia |
11 June 1951 | Takuma Nishimura | war crimes | hanging | |
 Australian Capital Territory |
never used | ||||
 New South Wales |
24 August 1939[6] | John Kelly | murder | hanging | |
 Northern Territory |
7 August 1952[6] | Jaroslav Koci and Jan Novotny | murder | hanging | |
 Queensland |
22 September 1913[6] | Ernest Austin | murder | hanging | |
 South Australia |
24 November 1964[6] | Glen Sabre Valance | murder | hanging | |
 Tasmania |
14 February 1946[6] | Frederick Thompson | murder | hanging | |
 Victoria |
3 February 1967[6] | Ronald Ryan | murder | hanging | |
 Western Australia |
26 October 1964 | Eric Edgar Cooke | murder | hanging |
South America
| # | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Argentina |
1916[110] | ||||
 Bolivia |
1974[111] | ||||
 Brazil |
28 April 1876[112] | Francisco | murder | hanging | |
 Chile |
1985[113] | Carlos Topp Collins and Jorge Sagredo | murder | firearm | |
 Colombia |
1909[114] | ||||
 Ecuador |
1884[115] | ||||
 Guyana |
August 1997[6] | Michael Archer and Peter Adams | murder | hanging | |
 Paraguay |
1928[116] | ||||
 Peru |
1979[117] | ||||
 Suriname |
13 March 1982[118][119] | Wilfred Hawker | treason | firing squad | |
 Uruguay |
1905[120] | ||||
 Venezuela |
never used |
See also
References
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- Death Penalty Worldwide Academic research database on the laws, practice, and statistics of capital punishment for every death penalty country in the world.
- Monthly updates of world-wide executions
- ↑ "Algeria’s laws prescribe the death penalty for a range of crimes including ordinary crimes", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Roger Hood and Carolyn Hoyle (2008, 4th ed.). The Death Penalty: A Worldwide Perspective (Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-922847-7) app. 1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Amnesty International, "West Africa: Time to Abolish the Death Penalty", 2003-10-10, amnesty.org, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Executions in May 2013.
- ↑ "Burundi: Crimes punishable by death are: premeditated murder...", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08
- ↑ 6.00 6.01 6.02 6.03 6.04 6.05 6.06 6.07 6.08 6.09 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 6.18 6.19 6.20 6.21 6.22 6.23 6.24 6.25 6.26 6.27 6.28 6.29 6.30 6.31 6.32 6.33 6.34 6.35 6.36 6.37 6.38 6.39 6.40 6.41 6.42 6.43 6.44 6.45 6.46 6.47 6.48 "Capital punishment in the Commonwealth", capitalpunishmentuk.org, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ Central African Republic: Capital crimes include: aggravated murder..., 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ Executions in August 2015.
- ↑ "Comoros: Aggravated murder, treason and spying are capital crimes", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ Executions in January 2006
- ↑ "Congo: Murder, treason, spying and offences against the State are capital crimes", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "Djibouti abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1995", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ Executions in May 2015.
- ↑ Executions in August 2010
- ↑ Executions in August 2007
- ↑ "Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee, Gabon", 2000-11-10, wits.ac.za, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ Report: Gambia executes first inmates in about 30 years
- ↑ pressure_mounts_on_gambia_to_stop_executions/1497767.html Pressure mounts on Gambia to stop executions
- ↑ "Guinea: Capital crimes include aggravated murder, spying and armed robbery", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "Guinea Bissau abolished the death penalty for all crimes in 1993", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ Executions in May 2010.
- ↑ "The last executions in Madagascar were carried out under French colonial rule in 1958", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "Malawi: The offences for which capital punishment either can or must be applied are murder", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "Death sentences are given in Mali for serious crimes such as assassinations", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "Morocco retains the death penalty for ordinary crimes and military crimes", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ Executions in June 2013.
- ↑ "Rwanda is the first African country in the Great Lakes region to abolish the death penalty", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ Elimane Fall, "La démocratie à l'épreuve", Jeune Afrique, no. 1760, 5 October 1994
- ↑ Amnesty International and a number of other sources report that Lô was executed in 1965 and that Abdou N'Daffa Faye's was the most recent execution in Senegal. This information is incorrect and contradicted by other sources; Lô was executed on 15 June 1967 for the attempted assassination of Léopold Sédar Senghor, which took place on 22 March 1967.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Executions in September 2015.
- ↑ Amnesty International, "Bulletin Peine de Mort: Résumé des événements relatifs à la peine de mort et initiatives en vue de son abolition partout dans le monde", 1991-02-01, accessed 2008-08-12.
- ↑ Julius N. Uma, "UN criticizes South Sudan over execution of two prisoners", Sudan Tribune, 2012-09-01.
- ↑ Executions in September 2014.
- ↑ "Tunisia: Murder, violence and aggression, attacks against the internal security of the State and attacks against the external security of the State are all capital offences", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 Executions in April 2015.
- ↑ 36.00 36.01 36.02 36.03 36.04 36.05 36.06 36.07 36.08 36.09 36.10 36.11 36.12 36.13 36.14 36.15 36.16 36.17 36.18 36.19 36.20 36.21 36.22 36.23 36.24 36.25 36.26 36.27 36.28 36.29 36.30 36.31 36.32 36.33 36.34 36.35 36.36 36.37 36.38 36.39 36.40 36.41 36.42 36.43 36.44 36.45 36.46 36.47 36.48 36.49 "The end of capital punishment in Europe", capitalpunishmentuk.org, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "Azerbaijan: Parliament voted for abolition on February 10, 1998 following an initiative by President Ilham Aliyev in January 1998", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ Executions in July 2010
- ↑ "Bangladesh hangs opposition leaders for war crimes", Straits Times, 22 November 2015.
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 Executions in November 2015.
- ↑ "On March 20, 2004 the King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuk, issued a royal decree ('kasho') abolishing the death penalty in the kingdom", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, 2008-08-08.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 42.4 Executions in December 2015.
- ↑ (Chinese) 解密香港：半世紀宵禁, 2007-07-20, Wen Wei Po (Hong Kong), accessed 2009-06-20.
- ↑ The execution occurred under British rule
. No executions have taken place in Hong Kong since sovereignty was transferred to China in 1997. Hong Kong remains an independent and separate jurisdiction for legal and judicial purposes. - ↑ http://www.csd.gov.hk/90th_MemorialBook/hkcs_en/files/search/searchtext.xml http://www.csd.gov.hk/90th_MemorialBook/hkcs_tc/files/search/searchtext.xml
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- ↑ "Traitor Jang Song Thaek Executed", 2013-12-13, Korean Central News Agency, accessed 2013-12-16.
- ↑ "South Korea Must Not Resume Use of Death Penalty", 2009-02-16, amnesty.org, accessed 2010-07-02.
- ↑ "The death penalty in Laos is applied in cases of treason, murder and rape", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "Lebanon reinstated the death penalty in 1994 in a bid to stem a rise in violent crime following the 1975-90 civil war", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "In Malaysia capital crimes include murder...", 2009-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2009-07-30.
- ↑ "Mongolia: As reduced by an amendment of 1994 to the criminal code...", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "The Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal (1990) at Article 12 states", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ http://www.nationmaster.com/country/mu-oman/cri-crime
- ↑ "Philippines execution first of millennium", BBC News, 2000-01-04.
- ↑ "Qatar: Murder, offences against the State, drug offences and terrorism are capital crimes", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
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- ↑ Executions in June 2015.
- ↑ "On February 11, 2005, the Tajik parliament voted to abolish the death penalty", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
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- ↑ 68.0 68.1 Executions in July 2014.
- ↑ Executions in March 2013.
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- ↑ Executions in November 2014.
- ↑ Executions were carried out as late as 1951 by the occupying Allied powers, but capital punishment was outlawed by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Germany on 1949-05-23.
- ↑ The most recent execution in Iceland was on 12 January 1830 when Fridrik Sigurdsson and Agnes Magnusdottir were executed by beheading for murder. Iceland was a Danish colony at the time.
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- ↑ "Cuba: The Penal Code presently in force provides for the death penalty for 112 offences, 33 of which are common crimes", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "Guatemala: Further information on death Penalty/imminent execution", 2000-06-30, amnesty.org, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "The Constitution of the Republic of Haiti (1987) at Art. 20 states...", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art. 66 states...", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "On June 23, 2005, Mexico's House approved a measure striking the death penalty", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "The Constitution of the Republic of Nicaragua (1987) at Art. 23 states...", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "The Constitution of the Republic of Panama (1972) at Art. 3 states...", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ Oscar Ramjeet, "St Kitts-Nevis carries out first execution in ten years", 2008-12-20, caribbeannetnews.com, accessed 2008-12-21.
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- ↑ Melissa S. Green, "A History of the Death Penalty in Alaska", 2001-09-21, alaska.edu, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ Executions in April 2012.
- ↑ 89.0 89.1 Executions in October 2015.
- ↑ 90.0 90.1 Executions in June 2012.
- ↑ Executions in 2009, Death Penalty Information Center
- ↑ "Iowans Against the Death Penalty", iadp.org, accessed 2008-08-08.
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- ↑ Executions in January 2010.
- ↑ 95.0 95.1 95.2 Death Penalty Information Center
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- ↑ Judge to decide on autopsy for executed killer Cecil Johnson Jr.
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- ↑ "The Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia (1980) at Article 4, Section 9, states...", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ The last person executed in Papua New Guinea, Aro, was hanged for murder in 1957, eighteen years before independence. ("PNG urged to abandon death penalty", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, November 12, 2007)
- ↑ "Argentina: The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1984", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
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- ↑ "Chile: The death penalty for ordinary crimes was abolished in 2001", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "Colombia abolished the death penalty in 1910", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "The Constitution of the Republic of Ecuador at Art. 23 states...", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
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