Capital punishment in Europe
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The death penalty has been abolished in almost all European countries. A moratorium on the death penalty is a condition of membership in the Council of Europe. Only in Belarus and Kazakhstan (a little part of Kazakhstan is part of Europe) is it still practised - this being one reason for which Belarus has been refused membership in the Council of Europe. In Albania it is still in force for crimes committed in war time; Russia maintains it for ordinary crimes also, but observes a moratorium in practice. Latvia maintains it for crimes committed in war time but is a member of the EU. The United Kingdom retained the death penalty for high treason until 1998 (William Joyce was the last person to be put to death for high treason in the UK, in 1947).
Therefore, the only countries in Europe that have not abolished the death penalty for all crimes are Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Latvia and Albania.
See Use_of_death_penalty_worldwide#Europe for other country-specific details.
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