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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.
Africa
# | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Algeria | August 1993[1] | seven unnamed Islamists | terrorism | firing squad | |
Angola | never used[2] | ||||
Benin | 23 September 1987[3] | murder | |||
Botswana | 27 May 2013[4] | Orelesitse Modise Thokamolemo | murder | hanging | |
Burkina Faso | 1988[3] | murder | |||
Burundi | 2000[5] | 2 soldiers | murder | ||
Cameroon | January 1997[6] | unnamed man | hanging | ||
Cape Verde | none since independence on 5 July 1975[3] | ||||
Central African Republic | 1981[7] | ||||
Chad | 2003[8] | ||||
Comoros | 1997[9] | ||||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9 January 2006[10] | unnamed soldier | murder | firearm | |
Congo | October 1982[11] | 2 men | murder | firing squad | |
Ivory Coast | none since independence on 7 August 1960[3] | ||||
Djibouti | none since independence on 27 June 1977[12] | ||||
Egypt | 19 June 2014[13] | Mahmoud Al Issawi and three unnamed men | murder | hanging | |
Equatorial Guinea | 21 August 2010[14] | Jose Abeso Nsue, Manuel Ndong Anseme, Alipio Ndong Asumu, and Jacinto Micha Obiang | terrorism and treason | firearm | |
Eritrea | |||||
Ethiopia | 6 August 2007[15] | Major Tsehaye Woldesellasie | murder | firearm | |
Gabon | 1981[16] | firing squad | |||
Gambia | 24 August 2012[17][18] | Lamin B. Darboe, Alieu Bah, Lamin Jarju, Dawda Bojang, Abubacarr Yarboi, Malang Sonko, Lamin F. Jammeh, Gibril Bah and Tabara Samba | Treason and murder | firearm | |
Ghana | 12 July 1993[6] | 12 men | murder and robbery | firearm | |
Guinea | 21 April 2001[3][19] | 3 people | robbery | firearm | |
Guinea-Bissau | 1986[20] | ||||
Kenya | 9 July 1987[6] | Hezekiah Ochuka and Pancras Oteyo Okumu | treason | hanging | |
Lesotho | 1984[6] | 6 people | treason | ||
Liberia | November 1995[3] | 7 commanders of the Conseil de paix au Libéria | war crimes | firearm | |
Libya | 30 May 2010[21] | 18 unnamed men | murder | firearm | |
Madagascar | none since independence on 26 June 1960[22] | ||||
Malawi | 26 September 1992[6][23] | hanging | |||
Mali | 21 August 1980[3][24] | Mamadou Keita and Karuba Coulibaly | murder | firearm | |
Mauritania | 1987[3] | 3 armed forces officers | treason | firing squad | |
Mauritius | 10 October 1987[6] | Eshan Nayeck | murder | hanging | |
Morocco | 1993[25] | Mohammed Tabet | rape | firing squad | |
Mozambique | May 1986[6] | ||||
Namibia | May 1988[6] | Sagarias Ariseb | murder | hanging | |
Niger | 1976[3] | Bayéré Moussa, Sidi Mohamed, and Ahmed Mouddour | treason | ||
Nigeria | 24 June 2013[26] | Chima Ejiofor, Daniel Nsofor, Osarenmwinda Aiguokhan, and Richard Igagu | murder and armed robbery | hanging | |
Rwanda | 24 April 1998[27] | Froduald Karamira and at least 21 others | genocide | firing squad | |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | 1976 | ||||
São Tomé and Príncipe | none since independence on 12 July 1975[2] | ||||
Senegal | 15 June 1967[28][29] | Moustapha Lô | treason (attempted murder of the president) | firing squad | |
Seychelles | none since independence on 29 June 1976[2] | ||||
Sierra Leone | 19 October 1998[6] | 24 soldiers (23 men, 1 woman) | high treason | public firing squad | |
Somalia | 11 February 2015[30] | Ahmed Ismail Ali | murder | shooting by firearm | |
South Africa | 14 November 1989[6] | Solomon Ngobeni | murder | hanging | |
Bophuthatswana | 13 December 1990[6][31] | Alpheus Sekoboane | murder | hanging | |
Ciskei | |||||
Transkei | |||||
Venda | 31 January 1991[6] | John Tsakani Chauke | hanging | ||
South Sudan | August 2012[32] | two unnamed men | hanging | ||
Sudan | 14 September 2014[33] | Ahmed Mohamed Adam and Idris Bahar | terrorism murder | hanging | |
Swaziland | 2 July 1983[6] | Philippa Mdluli | murder | hanging | |
Tanzania | October 1994[6] | 7 unnamed men, 1 unnamed woman | |||
Togo | 1978[3] | M. Adjata Koffi | murder | ||
Tunisia | 1991[34] | Jihad Matiki | murder and terrorism | hanging | |
Uganda | 3 March 2003[6] | Richard Wigiri, Kambacho Ssenyonji, and Alfred Okech | murder | hanging | |
Zambia | October 1997[6] | Abraham Kasongo, Nelson Ngindano, Dennis Chembe, Robert Mulumbi, David Kapunga, John Gombo, Joe Chilada and Christopher Oldfield | murder | hanging | |
Zimbabwe | 13 June 2003[6] | Stephen Chidhumo, Elias Chauke, William Mukurugunye, and John Nyamazana | murder | hanging |
Asia
# | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
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Afghanistan | 28 February 2015[30] | Rais Khudaidad | murder | hanging | |
Armenia | 30 August 1991[35] | unnamed man | murder | single firearm | |
Azerbaijan | 1992[36] | ||||
Bahrain | 8 July 2010[37] | Jassim Abdulmanan | murder | firearm | |
Bangladesh | 12 December 2013[38] | Abdul Quader Mollah | war crimes | hanging | |
Bhutan | 1964[39] | ||||
Brunei | none since independence on 1 January 1984[6] | ||||
Burma | 1994 | unnamed man | Murder | hanging | |
Cambodia | 1989 | ||||
China | 9 February 2015[30] | Liu Han, Liu Wei, Tang Xianbing, Zhang Donghua, and Tian Xianwei | murder | lethal injection | |
Timor-Leste | none since independence on 20 May 2002[2] | ||||
Hong Kong | 16 November 1966[40][41] | Wong Kai Kei[42] | robbery-murder | hanging | |
India | 9 February 2013[43] | Afzal Guru | Terrorism | hanging | |
Indonesia | 29 April 2015[44] | Jamiu Owolabi Abashin, Martin Anderson, Zainal Abidin bin Mahmud Badarudin, Andrew Chan, Rodrigo Gularte, Sylvester Obiekwe Nwolise, Okwudili Oyatanze, and Myuran Sukumaran | drug offences | firing squad | |
Iran | 26 February 2015[30] | Mehdi Fatahi and three unnamed men | drug offences | hanging | |
Iraq | 7 April 2014[45] | Sajid Hamid Ibrahim and Ali Majid Ulaiwi | terrorism | hanging | |
Israel | 31 May 1962 | Adolf Eichmann | crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people | hanging | |
Japan | 29 August 2014[46] | Mitsuhiro Kobayashi and Tsutomu Takamizawa | murder | hanging | |
Jordan | 4 February 2015[30][47] | Sajida al-Rishawi and Ziad al-Karbouli | terrorism | hanging | |
Kazakhstan | 2003 | ||||
North Korea | 12 December 2013[38][48] | Jang Sung-taek and seven unnamed men | treason | firing squad | |
South Korea | 31 December 1997[49] | 23 people | hanging | ||
Kuwait | 18 June 2013[4] | Ahmadi Abdulsalam Hajjaj Al-Saadi | murder and multiple child rapes | hanging | |
Kyrgyzstan | none since independence on 25 December 1991 | ||||
Laos | 1989[50] | ||||
Lebanon | 17 January 2004[51] | 3 men | murder | hanging | |
Macau | |||||
Malaysia | 2008[52] | hanging | |||
Maldives | none since independence on 26 July 1965[6] | ||||
Mongolia | 2005[53] | ||||
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic | never used | ||||
Nepal | 1979[54] | ||||
Oman | 2007[55] | ||||
Pakistan | 13 February 2015[30] | Muhammad Riaz and Muhammad Fayyaz | murder | hanging | |
Palestine | 22 August 2014[46] | 16 unnamed men and two unnamed women | treason | firearm | |
Philippines | 4 January 2000[56] | Alex Bartolome | child rape | lethal injection | |
Qatar | 10 March 2003[57] | Arun Abraham | murder | firing squad[58] | |
Saudi Arabia | 26 February 2015[30] | Hafiz Wifaq Rasoul Shah and Vijay Kumar Saleem | drug offences (Shah); murder (Saleem) | public beheading by sword | |
Singapore | 18 July 2014[59] | Tang Hai Liang and Foong Chee Peng | drug offences | hanging | |
Sri Lanka | 23 June 1976[6] | Chardradasa Jayasinghe | murder | hanging | |
Syria | 25 October 2007[60] | Ridhwan Abdulqadr Hassan Mohammed, Kheiro Khalif al-Fares, Abdulhayi Feisal Abdulhayi, Saleh Boussef Mahmoud, and Hassan Hamed Khalouf | murder | public hanging | |
Taiwan | 29 April 2014[45] | Tai Wen-ching, Teng Kuo-liang, Liu Yen-kuo, Tu Ming-hsiung, and Tu Ming-lang | murder | firearm | |
Tajikistan | April 2004[61] | Rachabmurod Chumayev, Umed Idiyev, Akbar Radzshabov, and Mukharam Fatkhulloyev | mass murder | firing squad | |
Thailand | 24 August 2009[62] | Bundit Jaroenwanit and Jirawat Poompreuk | drug offences | lethal injection | |
Turkmenistan | 1997[2] | ||||
United Arab Emirates | 21 January 2014[63] | Ravinda Krishna Pillai | murder | firearm | |
Uzbekistan | 10 August 2004[35] (last known) | Azizbek Karimov and Yusuf Zhumayev | single firearm | ||
Vietnam | 22 July 2014[59] | Nguyen Duc Nghia and two unnamed men | murder | lethal injection | |
Yemen | 9 March 2013[64] | Mohammed Haza'a | murder | firearm |
Europe
# | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
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Abkhazia | never used | ||||
Albania | 29 June 1995[35] | murder | hanging | ||
Andorra | 18 October 1943[35][65] | Pere Areny | murder | firing squad | |
Austria | 24 March 1950[35] | Johann Trnka | murder | hanging | |
Belarus | 3 November 2014[66] | Alyaksandr Hrunou | murder | firearm | |
Belgium | 9 August 1950[35] | Philipp Schmitt | war crimes | firing squad | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1975[35] (as a republic of Yugoslavia) | ||||
Bulgaria | 4 November 1989[35] | murder | firing squad | ||
Croatia | 1973 (as a republic of Yugoslavia)[35] | firing squad | |||
Cyprus | 13 June 1962[35] | Hambis Zacharia, Michael Hiletikos and Lazaris Demetriou | murder | hanging | |
Czech Republic | 2 February 1989[35] (as a republic of Czechoslovakia) | Vladimír Lulek | murder | hanging | |
Denmark | June 1950[35] | Ib Birkedal Hansen | war crimes | firing squad | |
Estonia | 11 September 1991[35] | Rein Oruste | murder | single firearm | |
Finland | 1944[35] | war crimes | firing squad | ||
France | 10 September 1977[35] | Hamida Djandoubi | torture murder | beheading by guillotine | |
Georgia | 1995[35] | murder | single firearm | ||
East Germany | 26 June 1981[35] | Werner Teske | treason | single firearm | |
Germany | 18 February 1949[35][67] | Richard Schuh | murder | beheading by guillotine | |
Gibraltar | 11 January 1944[35] | Luis Lopez Corden-Cuenca and Jose Martin Munoz | war crimes | hanging | |
Greece | 25 August 1972[35] | Vassils Lymberis | murder | firing squad | |
Guernsey | 10 February 1854[35] | John Tapner | murder | hanging | |
Hungary | 31 May 1988[35] | Vadász Ernő | torture murder | hanging | |
Iceland | none since independence in 1944[68] | ||||
Ireland | 20 April 1954[35] | Michael Manning | murder | hanging | |
Italy | 4 March 1947[35] | Giovanni D'Ignoti, Giovanni Puleo, and Francesco La Barbero | murder | firing squad | |
Jersey | 9 October 1959[35] | Francis Joseph Huchet | murder | hanging | |
Kosovo | none since disputed independence in 2008 | ||||
Latvia | January 1996[35] | Rolans Bertmanus-Lackeus | murder | single firearm | |
Liechtenstein | 26 February 1785[35] | Barbara Erni | theft | beheading | |
Lithuania | 12 July 1995[35] | Boris Dekanidze | murder | single firearm | |
Luxembourg | 24 February 1949[35] | treason | firing squad | ||
Macedonia | 1988[35] (as a republic of Yugoslavia) | murder | firing squad | ||
Malta | 5 July 1943[35] | Karmnu Zammit and Guiseppi Zammit | murder | hanging | |
Isle of Man | 1 August 1872[35] | John Kewish | patricide | hanging | |
Moldova | none since independence[2] | ||||
Monaco | 1847[35] | murder | beheading by guillotine | ||
Montenegro | none since independence | ||||
Netherlands | 21 March 1952[35] | W. A. Albrecht | war crimes | firing squad | |
Norway | 28 August 1948[35] | Ragnar Skancke | treason | firing squad | |
Poland | 21 April 1988[35] | Stanisław Czabański | murder | hanging | |
Portugal | 22 April 1846[35] | murder | hanging | ||
Romania | 25 December 1989[35] | Nicolae Ceauşescu and Elena Ceauşescu | genocide, crimes against the state | firing squad | |
Russia | 2 August 1996[35] | Sergey Golovkin | murder | single firearm | |
San Marino | 1468[35] | hanging | |||
Serbia | 15 February 1992[35][69] | Johan Drozdek[69] | murder | firing squad | |
Slovakia | 8 June 1989[35] (as a republic of Czechoslovakia) | Štefan Svitek | murder | hanging | |
Slovenia | 1957[35] (as a republic of Yugoslavia) | murder | hanging | ||
South Ossetia | never used | ||||
Spain | 27 September 1975[35] | José Humberto Francisco Baena Alonso, Ramón García Sanz, José Luis Sánchez-Bravo Sollas, Juan Paredes Manotas and Angel Otaegui Echevarría | murder | firing squad | |
Sweden | 23 November 1910[35] | Johan Alfred Andersson Ander | murder | beheading by guillotine | |
Switzerland | 7 December 1944[35] | Hermann Grimm and Walter Laubscher[70] Hans Vollenweider (last civilian executed) |
treason | firing squad beheading by guillotine (civilian) | |
Transnistria | never used | ||||
Turkey | 25 October 1984[35] | Hidir Aslan | murder | hanging | |
Northern Cyprus | never used | ||||
Ukraine | 11 March 1997[35] | unnamed man | murder | single firearm | |
United Kingdom | 13 August 1964[35] | Peter Anthony Allen and Gwynne Owen Evans | murder in the course of theft | hanging | |
Vatican City | 9 July 1870[35] (as the Papal States) (never used as Vatican City, established 11 February 1929)[71] | Agabito Bellomo | murder | beheading by guillotine |
North America and Caribbean
# | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
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Antigua and Barbuda | 2 February 1991[6] | Tyrone Nicholas | murder | hanging | |
Bahamas | 6 January 2000[6] | David Mitchell | murder | hanging | |
Barbados | 10 October 1984[6] | Noel Jordan, Melvin Inniss, and Errol Farrell | hanging | ||
Belize | 19 June 1985[6] | Kent Bowers | murder | hanging | |
Bermuda | 3 December 1977[6] | Erskine Burrows and Larry Tacklyn | murder | hanging | |
Canada | 11 December 1962[6] | Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas | murder | hanging | |
Costa Rica | 1859 | ||||
Cuba | 11 April 2003[72] | 3 men | ferry hijacking (with intent of sailing to Florida) | firing squad | |
Dominica | 8 August 1986[6] | Frederick Newton | murder resulting from attempted coup | hanging | |
Dominican Republic | 1966 | ||||
El Salvador | 1973[73] | ||||
Grenada | 17 October 1978[6] | Charles Ferguson | murder | hanging | |
Guatemala | 20 June 2000[74] | Tomás Cerrate Hernández and Luis Amílcar Cetino Pérez | murder | lethal injection | |
Haiti | 1972[75] | ||||
Honduras | 1940[76] | ||||
Jamaica | 18 February 1988[6] | Nathan Foster and Stanford Dinnal | murder | hanging | |
Mexico | 1961[77] | Isaías Constante Laureano | murder | firing squad | |
Nicaragua | 1930[78] | ||||
Panama | 1903[79] | ||||
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19 December 2008[80] | Charles Laplace | murder | hanging | |
Saint Lucia | 17 October 1995[6] | Joseph Solomon | murder | hanging | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 13 February 1995[6] | Douglas Hamlet, Franklin Thomas, and David Thomas | murder | hanging | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 29 July 1999[6] | Anthony Briggs | murder | hanging |
United States
Main article: Capital punishment in the United States
# | State | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
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United States Federal Government | 18 March 2003 | Louis Jones, Jr. | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
United States military | 13 April 1961 | John A. Bennett | rape and attempted murder | hanging | |
Alabama | 25 July 2013[81] | Andrew Reid Lackey | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Alaska | never used[82] | ||||
Arizona | 23 July 2014[59] | Joseph Rudolph Wood III | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Arkansas | 28 November 2005 | Eric Nance | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
California | 17 January 2006 | Clarence Ray Allen | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Colorado | 13 October 1997 | Gary Lee Davis | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Connecticut | 13 May 2005 | Michael Bruce Ross | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Delaware | 20 April 2012[83] | Shannon M. Johnson | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Florida | 15 January 2015[84] | Johnny Shane Kormondy | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Georgia | 27 January 2015[84] | Warren Lee Hill, Jr. | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Hawaii | never used | ||||
Idaho | 12 June 2012[85] | Richard Albert Leavitt | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Illinois | 17 March 1999 | Andrew Kokoraleis | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Indiana | 11 December 2009[86] | Matthew Eric Wrinkles | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Iowa | 6 September 1962[87] | Charles A. Kelly | murder | hanging | |
Kansas | 22 June 1965 | George York and James Latham | murder | hanging | |
Kentucky | 21 November 2008[88] | Marco Allen Chapman | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Louisiana | 7 January 2010[89][90] | Gerald J. Bordelon | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Maine | 21 November 1885 | Daniel Wilkinson | murder | hanging | |
Maryland | 5 December 2005 | Wesley Baker | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Massachusetts | 9 May 1947[91] | Philip Bellino and Edward Gertson | murder | electric chair | |
Michigan | never used | ||||
Minnesota | 13 February 1906[92] | William Williams | murder | hanging | |
Mississippi | 20 June 2012[85] | Gary Carl Simmons, Jr. | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Missouri | 11 February 2015[30] | Walter Timothy Storey | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Montana | 11 August 2006 | David Thomas Dawson | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Nebraska | 2 December 1997 | Robert E. Williams | aggravated murder | electric chair | |
Nevada | 26 April 2006 | Daryl Linnie Mack | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
New Hampshire | 14 July 1939 | Howard Long | murder | hanging | |
New Jersey | 22 January 1963 | Ralph Hudson | murder | electric chair | |
New Mexico | 6 November 2001 | Terry D. Clark | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
New York | 15 August 1963 | Eddie Mays | murder | electric chair | |
North Carolina | 18 August 2006 | Samuel Russell Flippen | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
North Dakota | 17 October 1905[93] | John Rooney | murder | hanging | |
Ohio | 16 January 2014[63] | Dennis B. McGuire | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Oklahoma | 15 January 2015[84] | Charles Frederick Warner | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Oregon | 16 May 1997 | Harry Charles Moore | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Pennsylvania | 6 July 1999 | Gary M. Heidnik | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Rhode Island | 14 February 1845 | John Gordon | murder | hanging | |
South Carolina | 6 May 2011[94] | Jeffrey Brian Motts | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
South Dakota | 30 October 2012[95] | Donald Eugene Moeller | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Tennessee | 2 December 2009[96][97] | Cecil J. Johnson, Jr. | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Texas | 4 February 2015[30] | Donald Keith Newbury | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
Utah | 18 June 2010[90][98] | Ronnie Lee Gardner | aggravated murder | firing squad | |
Vermont | 8 December 1954 | Donald DeMag | murder | electric chair | |
Virginia | 16 January 2013[43] | Robert Charles Gleason, Jr. | aggravated murder | electric chair | |
Washington | 10 September 2010[90][99] | Cal Coburn Brown | aggravated murder | lethal injection | |
West Virginia | 3 April 1959 | Elmer Brunner | aggravated murder | electric chair | |
Wisconsin | 21 August 1851 | John McCaffary | murder | hanging | |
Wyoming | 22 January 1992 | Mark Hopkinson | aggravated murder | lethal injection |
Oceania
# | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
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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[100] | ||||
F.S. Micronesia | none since independence on 3 November 1986[101] | ||||
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][102] | ||||
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[103] | ||||
Bolivia | 1974[104] | ||||
Brazil | 28 April 1876[105] | Francisco | murder | hanging | |
Chile | 1985[106] | Carlos Topp Collins and Jorge Sagredo | murder | firearm | |
Colombia | 1909[107] | ||||
Ecuador | 1884[108] | ||||
Guyana | August 1997[6] | Michael Archer and Peter Adams | murder | hanging | |
Paraguay | 1928[109] | ||||
Peru | 1979[110] | ||||
Suriname | 13 March 1982[111][112] | Wilfred Hawker | treason | firing squad | |
Uruguay | 1905[113] | ||||
Venezuela | never used |
See also
- Use of capital punishment by nation
References
- ↑ "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
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 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.
- ↑ "Chad: Capital crimes are aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offences", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
- ↑ "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 June 2014.
- ↑ 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 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.5 30.6 30.7 30.8 Executions in February 2015.
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