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At one time '''[[capital punishment]]''' was used in almost every part of the globe, but over the last few decades many [[countries]] have abolished it. [[Amnesty International]] classifies countries into four categories.
*60 countries still maintain the death penalty in both law and practice.
*92 countries have abolished it completely.
*11 retain it, but only for crimes committed in exceptional circumstances (such as crimes committed in time of war).
*34 countries maintain laws permitting the use of the death penalty for ordinary crimes, but have allowed the death penalty to fall into disuse for at least 10 years.
It is not unknown, however, for countries to practice [[extrajudicial execution]] sporadically or systematically outside their own formal legal frameworks. This list includes several [[List of unrecognized countries|unrecognized states with de facto control over their territory]].
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[[Image:Death Penalty World Map.png|thumb|center|600px|[[Capital punishment|Death Penalty]] [[World Map]]<br>
'''Legend'''<br>
{{legend|#3f9bbb|Abolished for all crimes}}
{{legend|#d4df5a|Abolished for crimes not committed in exceptional circumstances (such as crimes committed in time of war)}}
{{legend|#e8aa30|Abolished in practice}}
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''Note: The tables can be sorted alphabetically or chronologically using the "><" icon.''
==[[Africa]]==
Executions in 2007: Botswana (1+), Egypt (?), Equatorial Guinea (3), Ethiopia (1), Libya (9+), Somalia (5+), Sudan (7+)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
![[#Legend|#]]
!Country
!Last Execution
!Abolished
!class="unsortable"|Notes
{{DP|E8AA30|DZA|1993, August||[[Treason]] and [[espionage]]; attempts to change the regime or actions aimed at incitement; destruction of territory, [[sabotage]] to public and economic utilities; massacres and slaughters; participation in armed bands or in insurrectionary movements; [[counterfeiting]]; murder; acts of torture or cruelty; kidnapping; aggravated theft}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|AGO||1992 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|E8AA30|BEN|1987||armed robbery<ref>http://www.omct.org/pdf/procedures/2004/joint/s_violence_benin_sum_recom_10_2004.pdf (PDF)</ref>; Murder<ref>[http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/0/86fccf0fb9823123c1256b13005aadb5?Opendocument United Nations Human Rights Website - Treaty Bodies Database - Document - Summary Record - Benin<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>; traffickers involved in "labor exploitation"<ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41588.htm Benin<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|CC7862|BWA|2007||Murder; Treason; Attempt on the life of the head of state; Mutiny; Desertion in the face of the enemy}}
{{DP|E8AA30|BFA|1988||Treason<ref>http://www.politinfo.com/articles/article_2004_04_8_2302.html</ref>}}
{{DP|CC7862|BDI|2000 or later<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR160212004?open&of=ENG-BDI Burundi: Imminent resumption of executions or summary trials and executions | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Murder <ref>[http://www.santegidio.org/pdm/news2002/28_06_02_b.htm No alla Pena di Morte - NO to the Death penalty - Comunità di Sant'Egidio<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|CC7862|CMR|1997, January<ref name="richard-clark">[http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/common.html]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref>||Secession; espionage; incitement to war<ref>[http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/hrcommittee/cameroon1999.html University of Minnesota Template Page<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|CPV|1835|1981 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|E8AA30|CAF|1981||[[Treason]]; [[espionage]]; [[charlatan]]ism; [[witchcraft]]; [[assassination]]; [[murder]]<ref>[http://www2.unog.ch/news2/documents/newsen/ct04008e.htm Human Rights Committee Considers The Situation In The Central African Republic<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|CC7862|TCD|2003<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR200012004?open&of=ENG-TCD Chad: Death penalty / Fear of imminent execution | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Murder}}
{{DP|CC7862|COM|1996 or later<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT500091996?open&of=ENG-392 The death penalty: List of abolitionist and retentionist countries (October 1996) | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>|}}
{{DP|CC7862|COD|2003<ref name="amnesty.org ENGACT500072004?open&of=ENG-MAR"/>|}}
{{DP|E8AA30|COG|1982|}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|CIV|None since independence<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR050032003?open&of=ENG-CPV West Africa: Time to abolish the death penalty\n\n | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>|2000}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|DJI|None since independence|1995}}
{{DP|CC7862|EGY|2007||Rape, only if accompanied by kidnapping of the victim. Murder. Treason. [[Illegal drug trade|Organized Drug Trafficking]].}}
{{DP|CC7862|GNQ|2007||}}
{{DP|E8AA30|ERI||}}
{{DP|CC7862|ETH|2007, August<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6933849.stm BBC NEWS | Africa | Ethiopia executes spy boss killer<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Murder}}
{{DP|E8AA30|GAB|1981<ref>[http://wwwserver.law.wits.ac.za/humanrts/hrcommittee/gabon2000.html Concluding Observations/Comments - Gabon<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>|}}
{{DP|E8AA30|GMB|1981||Treason. Abolished 1993 but was reinstated by Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council in August 1995<ref name="amnesty.org ENGAFR050032003">[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR050032003 West Africa: Time to abolish the death penalty\n\n | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|E8AA30|GHA|1993||Murder; Treason; Armed robbery<ref name="amnesty.org ENGAFR050032003"/>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|GNB|1986|1993 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|CC7862|GIN|2001<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR290042001?open&of=ENG-GIN Guinea: Death Penalty/fear of imminent execution | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Murder}}
{{DP|E8AA30|KEN|1984||Murder and armed robbery<ref name="amnesty.org ENGACT500072004?open&of=ENG-MAR">[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT500072004?open&of=ENG-MAR Document Information | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|CC7862|LSO||}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|LBR|1995<ref name="amnesty.org ENGAFR050032003"/>|September 16, 2005|Liberia acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the [[International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]], completely abolishing the death penalty}}
{{DP|CC7862|LBY|2008||High treason; attempt to forcibly change the form of government; premeditated murder<ref>[http://www.bta.bg/site/libya/en/07courtsystem.htm The Trial In Libya - Libyan Court System And Criminal Justice<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|E8AA30|MDG|1958|}}
{{DP|E8AA30|MWI|1992<ref name="amnesty.org ENGACT500012005">[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT500012005 The death penalty worldwide: developments in 2004 | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>|}}
{{DP|E8AA30|MLI|1980|}}
{{DP|E8AA30|MRT|1987||[[Sodomy]]<ref>http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/world.htm#Africa</ref>; [[Apostasy]]<ref name="barnabasfund CMD">[http://www.barnabasfund.org/Apostasy/Conversion_Means_Death.htm]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref> (Although apostasy is a capital offense there are no recorded executions for it).}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|MUS|1987|1995}}
{{DP|E8AA30|MAR|1993||[[Terrorism]]<ref name="amnesty.org ENGACT500072004?open&of=ENG-MAR"/>. An abolition law project is being presented to the [[Parliament of Morocco]] in spring 2007. (see [[Human rights in Morocco#Capital punishment]])}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|MOZ|1986|1990 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|NAM|1988|1990 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|E8AA30|NER|1976|}}
{{DP|CC7862|NGA|2001<ref name="amnesty.org ENGAFR050032003"/>||Sodomy<ref>http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/nigeria/nigeria.htm</ref>. Each of the 36 states have their own laws. In the north of the country the legal system used is Sharia (Islamic law)}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|RWA|1998|2007<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/07/27/rwanda.execution.reut/index.html Rwanda's ban on executions helps bring genocide justice - CNN.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|SADR|1976||The [[Constitution of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic]] explicitly outlaws the death penalty; Article 13, from the 1991 revision reads "The death penalty is banned" (translated into [[English language|English]] from the [[Arabic language|Arabic]].)<ref name="WS">{{cite book | editor= Pazzanita, Anthony G. and Hodges, Tony | title= Historical Dictionary of Western Sahara| origyear= 1994 | edition= Second Edition | year= 1994 | publisher= The Scarecrow Press, Inc. | location= [[Metuchen, New Jersey|Metuchen]], [[New Jersey]], United States, and [[London]], United Kingdom| language= English | id= 0-8108-2661-5 | pages= 381}}</ref>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|STP|None since independence|1990 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|SEN|1967|2004, December 10}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|SYC|None since independence|1993 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|CC7862|SLE|1998||Treason<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR510092004?open&of=ENG-392 Sierra Leone: Amnesty International expresses dismay at 10 death sentences for treason | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>; Murder; Aggravated robbery. Under the [[Special Court for Sierra Leone]] the death penalty is not a punishment for [[war crimes]]}}
{{DP|CC7862|SOM|2008||After the breakdown of [[de jure]] government, most regions reverted to [[Sharia|Islamic law]]}}
{{DP|CC7862|Somaliland||}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|ZAF|1991, January 31<ref name="richard-clark"/>|1997|On [[25 May]], [[2005]] the [[Constitutional Court of South Africa|Constitutional Court]] ordered that all remaining death sentences in the country be set aside and the prisoners resentenced. This last execution occurred in the internationally unrecognised [[Black (people)|Black]] "[[Bantustan|homelands]]". The last execution in Pretoria Central Prison was on [[November 14]] [[1989]].}}
{{DP|CC7862|SDN|2007||Sodomy <ref>http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/sudan/sudan.htm</ref>; Waging war against the state<ref>[http://www.afrika.no/Detailed/8704.html afrika.no - Sudan: Attorney General expects death penalty for islamist coup plotters<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>; Apostasy<ref name="barnabasfund CMD"/>; Prostitution; Treason; Acts which may endanger the independence or unity of the state; Murder; Armed robbery; Weapons possession and smuggling}}
{{DP|E8AA30|SWZ|1983<ref>[http://www.southerndomains.com/Newspaper/Archive/0202/Column.html#23 The Clarion Issue - Column<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Murder
<ref>http://www.cidi.org/humanitarian/irin/safrica/00a/0020.html</ref>; treason}}
{{DP|E8AA30|TZA|1994||Murder; Treason }}
{{DP|E8AA30|TGO|1978<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT530042002?open&of=ENG-TGO Death Penalty News: September 2002 | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Premeditated murder; plots against the security of the State}}
{{DP|E8AA30|TUN|1991||Murder; violence and aggression; attacks against the internal security of the State; attacks against the external security of the State}}
{{DP|CC7862|UGA|2003<ref name="richard-clark-mar03">[http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/mar03.html]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref>||Treason; Terrorism; Murder<ref>[http://www.humanrightshouse.org/dllvis5.asp?id=2811 Human Rights House Uganda: Death row inmates put their own penalty on trial<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>; Rape; [[Defilement]]; Aggravated robbery; Aggravated kidnapping. On [[June 14]], [[2005]] the [[Constitutional court]] ruled that although the death penalty was constitutional, its use as a mandatory punishment for certain crimes was not.<ref>[http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/35024160952b1236b73e919e73f86417.htm]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref>}}
{{DP|E8AA30|ZMB|1997||Murder; Aggravated robbery; High treason. President [[Levy Mwanawasa]] stated in 2004 that "For as long as I remain President, I will not execute a death warrant."<ref name="amnesty.org ENGACT500012005"/>}}
{{DP|CC7862|ZWE|2003, June<ref>[http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/overview.html Overview of the death penalty worlwide in 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Treason; Murder; Mutiny}}
|}
==[[Asia]]==
Executions in 2007: Afghanistan (15), Bangladesh (6), People's Republic of China (470+), Indonesia (1+), Iran (317+), Iraq (33+), Japan (9), North Korea (?), Kuwait (1+), Malaysia (?), Mongolia (?), Pakistan (135+), Saudi Arabia (143+), Singapore (2), Syria (7+), Vietnam (25+), Yemen (15+)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
![[#Legend|#]]
!Country
!Last Execution
!Abolished
!class="unsortable"|Notes
{{DP|CC7862|AFG|2007, October 8<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7034290.stm BBC NEWS | South Asia | Fifteen executed in Afghanistan<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Murder; child smuggling in order to use the victim's body parts; Apostasy (see [[Abdul Rahman (convert)]])}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|ARM|1991<ref name="geocities richard-clark-europe">[http://www.geocities.com/richard.clark32@btinternet.com/europe.html Country<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>|2003}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|AZE|1992|1998}}
{{DP|CC7862|BHR|2008||premeditated murder; plotting to topple the regime; collaborating with a foreign hostile country; threatening the life of the Emir; defiance of military orders in time of war or [[martial law]]}}
{{DP|CC7862|BGD|2007||Murder <ref>[http://www.zeenews.com/links/articles.asp?aid=212318&sid=SAS Zee News - MP murder case: Bangla court awards death penalty to 22<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>; drug offences <ref>[http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/Bangladesh Travel Advice for Bangladesh - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>; Trafficking in children for immoral or illegal purposes; Trafficking in women for purposes of prostitution<ref>[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27944.htm Bangladesh<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|BTN|1974<ref name="amnesty.org ENGACT500012005"/>|2004}}
{{DP|E8AA30|BRN|1957||Murder; unlawful possession of firearms and explosives; possession of heroin or morphine of more than 15 grams, Cocaine of more than 30 grams, Cannabis of more than 500 grams, Syabu or methamphetamine of more than 50 grams, or Opium of more than 1.2 kg<ref>[http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1073.html Brunei<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|KHM||1989 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|CC7862|PRC|2008||Embezzlement; Rape of children; Fraud; Bombing; People trafficking; Piracy; Theft; Corruption; Arson; Murder; "Endangering national security"; Terrorism<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engasa170032004 People's Republic of China: Executed "according to law"? The death penalty in China\n\n | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> (see [[Capital punishment in the People's Republic of China]]) (The two [[special administrative region]]s, namely [[Hong Kong]] and [[Macau]], have abolished death penalty.)}}
{{DP|CC7862|Taiwan|2005||Since 2004, most death sentences have been informally given moratorium by President [[Chen Shui-bian]] except serious murders.<br>(see [[Capital punishment in Taiwan]])}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|TLS||1999}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|HKG|1966|1993*|*when Hong Kong was under [[colonial Hong Kong|British rule]], and remains so after the [[transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong|handover]] to the People's Republic of China.}}
{{DP|CC7862|IND|2004, August 14<ref>[http://www.indolink.com/displayArticleS.php?id=081304102908 INDOlink - India General News: Dhananjoy Chatterjee Hanged In Kolkata Jail<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||[[Murder]], instigating a child's [[suicide]], [[treason]], acts of [[terrorism]], or a second conviction for [[drug trafficking]]. For more information see [[Capital punishment in India]]}}
{{DP|CC7862|IDN|2008, June 26<ref name="monster">[http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/26/asia/AS-GEN-Indonesia-Drug-Deaths.php INternational Herald Tribune Indonesia to execute 2 Nigerian drug smugglers to mark UN anti-drug day<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Drug trafficking<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT500012005?open&of=ENG-AFG The death penalty worldwide: developments in 2004 | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>; Terrorism<ref name="bbc 5368922">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5368922.stm BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Executions spark Indonesia unrest<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|CC7862|IRN|2008||Sodomy <ref>http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/iran/iran.htm</ref>; Armed Robbery; Terrorism; Drug trafficking; Kidnapping & rape; Murder; Apostasy<ref name="barnabasfund CMD"/>}}
{{DP|CC7862|IRQ|2008||murder; endangering national security; distributing drugs; rape; attacks on transport convoys; financing and execution of terrorism<ref>http://newstandardnews.net/content/?action=show_item&itemid=799 http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/080904Z.shtml</ref>. Suspended in April 2003 after [[2003 invasion of Iraq|2003 invasion]]; reinstated May 2005. Last execution against Taha Yassin Ramadan on 20th March 2007.}}
{{DP|D4DF5A|ISR|1962|1954 (for other crimes)|Crimes against humanity<ref>[http://www.israellawcenter.org/news111402.shtml]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref>, high treason. Only one execution after 1954 (high-ranking Nazi [[Adolf Eichmann]]).}}
{{DP|CC7862|JPN|2008, June 17<ref>[http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/serial-child-killer-tsutomu-miyazaki-executed Japan Today | Serial child killer Tsutomu Miyazaki, 2 others executed<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Prosecutors only push for the death penalty in the case of multiple murders, or single murder with aggravating circumstances.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A11306-2005Jan15?language=printer washingtonpost.com: Why Japan Still Has the Death Penalty<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> Judges usually impose death penalty in case of multiple homicides. Between 1946 and 2003, Japanese courts sentenced 766 people to death, 608 of whom were executed. For 40 months from 1989 to 1993 the successive ministers of justice refused to authorise executions, which amounted to informal moratorium.}}
{{DP|CC7862|JOR|2005||Murder<ref>[http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/aug03.html]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref>}}
{{DP|D4DF5A|KAZ|2003<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT500072004?open&of=ENG-KAZ Document Information | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>|2007|Terrorism, crimes in wartime<ref>[http://www.handsoffcain.info/archivio_news/200705.php?iddocumento=9317022&mover=0 Kazakhstan Set To "Virtually" Abolish Death Penalty<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. Moratorium since [[17 December]], [[2003]]}}
{{DP|CC7862|PRK|2008<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7279996.stm BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | North Koreans 'shot at frontier'<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Plots against national sovereignty; terrorism ; treason against the Motherland by citizens; treason against the people; murder<ref>[http://www.photius.com/countries/korea_north/government/korea_north_government_the_judiciary.html Korea, North The Judiciary - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|E8AA30|KOR|1997, December 30<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT530012003?open&of=ENG-KOR Death Penalty News: December 2002 | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Murder <ref>[http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/2000/0225/nat.korea.html TIME Magazine - Asia Edition - March 31, 2008 Vol. 171, No. 12<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. There has been an unofficial moratorium on executions since [[President of South Korea|President]] [[Kim Dae-jung]] took office in February 1998.<ref>[http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/document.do?id=80256DD400782B8480256FE80042AACA South Korea: Death penalty abolition - historic opportunity<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|CC7862|KWT|2007||Drugs Trafficking; Rape & Murder}}
{{DP|D4DF5A|KGZ||2007<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/06/0907D477-B87B-4AFF-9A6B-116AF711B057.html Kyrgyzstan Abolishes Death Penalty - RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/country-files_156/kyrgyzstan_396/abolition-of-the-death-penalty-by-kyrgyzstan-june-28-2007_9443.html Kyrgyzstan - Abolition of the death penalty by Kyrgyzstan (June 28, 2007) - Ministère des Affaires étrangères<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> |Kyrgyz authorities had extended a moratorium on executions each year since 1998.}}
{{DP|E8AA30|LAO|1989||Drugs trafficking<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/Lao-summary-eng Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|CC7862|LBN|2004||Murder<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE180062004?open&of=ENG-LBN Lebanon: Further Information on Death penalty/imminent execution | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|MAC|||Death penalty and life imprisonment are prohibited, even after the [[transfer of sovereignty of Macau|handover]] to the People's Republic of China.<ref>Article 39 of the Penal Code ({{zh-t|刑法典}}, Portuguese: {{lang|pt|Código Penal}}) of Macao published in [[13 November]] [[1995]] in [http://www.imprensa.macau.gov.mo/bo/i/95/46/codpencn/codpen0001.asp traditional Chinese] and [http://www.imprensa.macau.gov.mo/bo/i/95/46/codpenpt/codpen0001.asp Portuguese]. Retrieved 2008-05-28.</ref> The maximum possible sentence is imprisonment for 30 years.<ref>Article 41 of the Penal Code of Macao.</ref>}}
{{DP|CC7862|MYS|2006<ref>[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-08/04/content_4921065.htm Xinhua - English<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Mandatory for Trafficking in dangerous drugs; Discharging a firearm in the Commission of a scheduled offence; Accomplices in case of discharge of firearm; Offences against the [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]]’s person; Murder. Discretionary for Kidnapping; Consorting with person carrying or having possession of arms or explosives; Waging or attempting to wage war or abetting the waging of war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, a Ruler or [[Yang di-Pertua Negeri]]<ref>[http://www.aliran.com/monthly/2003/6k.html Malaysia independent news<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|E8AA30|MDV|1952||Murder<ref>[http://www.maldivesculture.com/maldives_murder01.html Maldives - Family demands death penalty for woman's murder<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|CC7862|MNG|||terrorist acts committed for political purposes; terrorist acts against representatives of a foreign State for political purposes; sabotage; premeditated murder committed with aggravating circumstances; and rape with aggravating circumstances ; Armed Robbery<ref>http://www.asiapacificforum.net/activities/annual_meetings/eighth/mongolia_acj.htm http://www.unhchr.ch/huricane/huricane.nsf/0/8E61783D9ED31093802568AC0037D5DB?opendocument</ref>. According to Amnesty International, executions were carried out in secret and there are no official statistics<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/report2004/mng-summary-eng Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|E8AA30|MMR|1993||High treason<ref>http://www.derechos.org/news/archives/000506.html</ref>}}
{{DP|E8AA30|Nagorno-Karabakh|Never||de facto moratorium on executions since 1997}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|NPL|1979|1997 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|CC7862|OMN|2001<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE200012004?open&of=ENG-OMN Oman: Imminent Execution: Rebecca Thompson (f), aged 44, US citizen\n\n | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Murder; Drug trafficking<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/web/ar2002.nsf/mde/oman Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|CC7862|PAK|2008||Murder; Sodomy<ref>http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/pakistan/pakistan.htm</ref>; Gang rape; Mutiny (see [[Capital punishment in Pakistan]])}}
{{DP|CC7862|PSE|2005<ref>http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44769 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4084882.stm</ref>||Murder; Rape; Collaborating with Israeli forces to assassinate Palestinians<ref>[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00011.htm Scoop: Palestine Urged Not to Resume Executions<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. There had been an unofficial moratorium since 2002 after [[President of the Palestinian Authority|President]] [[Yasser Arafat]] stopped authorising executions.}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|PHL|2000|2006, June 24|Abolished in 1987 under the present [[Constitution of the Philippines|constititution]], re-introduced in 1993, re-abolished on [[June 24]], [[2006]] under [[Republic Acts of the Philippines|Republic Act]] No. 9346.}}
{{DP|CC7862|QAT|2001||Espionage<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE220012002?open&of=ENG-QAT Qatar: Death Penalty, Firas Nassuh Salim Al-Majali | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>; Threat to national security<ref>[http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/story1331.shtml Journalism.co.uk :: Crusading journalist wins case against Al-Jazeera<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>; Apostasy<ref name="barnabasfund CMD"/>. Although apostasy is a capital offense there are no recorded executions for it}}
{{DP|CC7862|SAU|2008<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7185532.stm BBC NEWS | Middle East | Saudi Arabia beheads foreign maid<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Many violent and nonviolent offenses including murder, apostasy, drug offenses, witchcraft and sexual misconduct.<ref>http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/saudi_arabia/saudi_arabia.htm</ref>. Method most often used is beheading by a sword}}
{{DP|CC7862|SGP|2007||murder, kidnapping, treason, certain firearm offenses, trafficking in more than 15 grams (half an ounce) of heroin or morphine, 30 grams of cocaine or 500 grams of cannabis<ref>[http://www.singapore-window.org/sw02/020412re.htm Singapore death penalty shrouded in silence<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> (see [[capital punishment in Singapore]])}}
{{DP|E8AA30|LKA|1976, June 23||Murder, Perjury causing an innocent person to be executed, rape, drug trafficking. Moratorium from 1976 to 2003; reinstated in 2004{{Fact|date=September 2007}}, however no executions have been carried out.}}
{{DP|CC7862|SYR|2007||treason; murder; political acts such as bearing arms against Syria in the ranks of the enemy, desertion of the armed forces to the enemy and acts of incitement under martial law or in wartime; violent robberies; rape; verbal opposition to the government; and membership in the [[Muslim Brotherhood]]}}
{{DP|E8AA30|TJK|2004||Murder with aggravating circumstances; rape with aggravating circumstances; terrorism; [[biocide]]; genocide<ref>[http://www.legislationline.org/index.php?country=49&org=0&eu=0&topic=8 Legislationline - free online legislation database<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. Moratorium introduced [[30 April]], [[2004]] by President [[Emomalii Rahmon]]}}
{{DP|CC7862|THA|2003, December 12||Offenses include Regicide; Sedition or Rebellion; Offences committed against the external security of Thailand; Murder or attempted murder of a foreign head of state; Bribery; Arson; Rape; Murder with intent; Kidnapping; Robbery resulting in death. For a full list see [http://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/Thailand411-2.pdf here (PDF)]}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|TKM||1999 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|CC7862|ARE|2002<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/report2004/are-summary-eng Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Murder; Drug offences<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE250012002?open&of=ENG-ARE United Arab Emirates (UAE): Death penalty | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>; homosexuality<ref name="glas.org signor">[http://www.glas.org/ahbab/Articles/signor.htm Egypt52<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/uae/united_arab_emirates.htm</ref>; Rape; Treason; Aggravated robbery; Apostasy; Environmental pollution; Terrorism }}
{{DP|3F9BBB|UZB|2005<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGEUR620052005?open&of=ENG-392 Uzbekistan: Further information on: Fear of imminent execution/torture and ill-treatment | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>|2008|[[President of Uzbekistan|President]] [[Islom Karimov]] signed a decree on [[1 August]] [[2005]] that replaced the death penalty with life imprisonment on [[1 January]] [[2008]]<ref>[http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L01576248.htm]{{Dead link|date=March 2008}}</ref><ref>[http://www.legislationline.org/legislation.php?tid=144&lid=4241&less=false Presidential Decree on the abolition of the death penalty - Legislationline - free online legislation database<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|CC7862|VNM|2007||treason; taking action to overthrow the government; espionage; rebellion; banditry; terrorism; sabotage; hijacking; destruction of national security projects; undermining peace; war crimes; crimes against humanity; manufacturing, concealing and trafficking in narcotic substances; murder; rape; robbery; embezzlement; fraud<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engasa410232003 Socialist Republic of Viet Nam: The death penalty - inhumane and ineffective | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|CC7862|YEM|2008||Murder <ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE310052005?open&of=ENG-YEM Yemen: Further information on Imminent execution, Fuad 'Ali Mohsin al-Shahari\n\n | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>; Adultery<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE310042004?open&of=ENG-YEM Yemen: Further Information on: Death by stoning and flogging | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>; homosexuality<ref name="glas.org signor"/><ref>http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/world.htm#Middle%20East</ref>; Apostasy<ref name="barnabasfund CMD"/>. Although apostasy is a capital offense there are no recorded executions for it}}
|}
==[[Europe]]==
{{Main article|Capital punishment in Europe}}
Executions in 2007: Belarus (1+)
{| class="wikitable sortable"
![[#Legend|#]]
!Country
!Last Execution
!Abolished
!class="unsortable"|Notes
{{DP|3F9BBB|ALB|1995<ref name="geocities richard-clark-europe"/>|2007|Ratification of Protocol No. 13 of ECHR took place on February 6th and in effect by June 1st, 2007. <ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/pages/deathpenalty-treaties-eng Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|AND|1943|1990 (by [[Constitution of Andorra|Constitution]])}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|AUT|1950|1968 (by [[Constitution of Austria|Constitution]])}}
{{DP|CC7862|BLR|2008, February<ref>[http://actualidad.terra.es/nacional/articulo/parlamento_bielorruso_dispuesto_debatir_abolicion_2408346.htm Parlamento bielorruso dispuesto a debatir la abolición de la pena de muerte<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||acts of aggression; murder of a representative of a foreign state or international organization with the intention to provoke international tension or war; international terrorism; genocide; crimes against the security of humanity; murder with aggravating circumstances; terrorism; terrorist acts; treason that results in loss of life; conspiracy to seize power; sabotage; murder of a police officer; use of weapons of mass destruction; and violations of the laws and customs of war<ref>[http://www.legislationline.org/index.php?country=6&org=0&eu=0&topic=8 Legislationline - free online legislation database<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> (see [[Capital punishment in Belarus]])}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|BEL|1863 for common law crimes; 1950 for war crimes|1996 (by [[Constitution of Belgium|Constitution]])}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|BIH|Never|1995 (by [[Dayton agreement|Constitution]])}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|BGR|1989|1998}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|HRV|1973<ref name="geocities richard-clark-europe"/>|1990 (by [[Constitution of Croatia|Constitution]])}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|CYP|1962|2002|Capital punishment for murder abolished in 1983.}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|CZE|1989|1990 (by [[Constitution of the Czech Republic|Constitution]])|For more info see [[Capital punishment in the Czech Republic]].}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|DNK|1892 for common law crimes; 1950 for war crimes|1930; reinstated 1952-1978|Capital punishment was reinstated 1952-1978 in the civil penalty law for crimes committed under extreme circumstances and related to war or high treason. For more info see [[Capital punishment in Denmark]].}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|EST|1991|1998}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|FIN|1944|1972 (by [[Constitution of Finland|Constitution]])}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|FRA|1977|1981|Forbidden by law in 1981 and by [[Constitution of France|Constitution]] in 2007.}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|GEO|1995<ref name="geocities richard-clark-europe"/>|1997}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|DEU|none by authorities of the FRG|1949 ([[West Germany|FRG]])/1987 ([[East Germany|GDR]])|Last execution in West Germany: 1956 (by US Military Authorities), last execution in East Germany: 1981 (by GDR authorities). Prohibited by the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany|Basic Law]] since 1949.}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|GRC|1972|2004| Already abolished in 1975 for all crimes, except high treason in time of war; abolished completely in 2004}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|HUN|1989|1990}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|ISL|1830|1928|Abolished in 1928; reintroduction made unconstitutional in 1995 by unanimous vote of parliament}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|IRL|1954|1990|[[Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|21st Amendment to the Constitution (2001)]] passed by national referendum made reintroduction unconstitutional without a further constitutional amendment (and referendum). Until recently<!--meaning when?--> it was still technically lawful to execute the murderer of a [[Garda Siochana|police officer]]; however, in practice this never occurred, likely due to widespread moral objection.}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|ITA|1947|1994|Already abolished, except in time of war, in 1948 (by the [[Constitution of Italy|Constitution]]). Abolished from the military penal code in 1994. Constitution amended in 2007 to make reintroduction unconstitutional without a further constitutional amendment.}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|Kosovo||2008 (by [[Constitution of Kosovo|Constitution]])<ref>[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Proposed_Constitution_of_the_Republic_of_Kosovo_(April_7%2C_2008)#Article_25_.5BRight_to_Life.5D Wikisource: Constitution of Kosovo]</ref>}}
{{DP|D4DF5A|LVA|1996<ref name="geocities richard-clark-europe"/>|1999 (for other crimes)|murder with aggravating circumstances if committed during wartime<ref>[http://www.legislationline.org/index.php?country=45&org=0&eu=0&topic=8 Legislationline - free online legislation database<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|LIE|1785|1987}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|LTU|1995|1998}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|LUX|1949|1979 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|MKD|1988<ref name="geocities richard-clark-europe"/>|1991 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|MLT|1943|2000|Capital punishment for murder abolished in 1971; continued to be part of the country's military code until 2000.}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|IMN|1872|1993}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|MDA|1985<ref name="geocities richard-clark-europe"/>|1995|On [[September 23]] [[2005]] the [[Moldovan Constitutional Court]] approved constitutional amendments that explicitly abolished the death penalty<ref>http://www.tass.ru/eng/level2.html?NewsID=2446740&PageNum=0</ref>.}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|MCO|1847|1962 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|MNE|''none since independence''||New Constitution in preparation that will ban the death penalty}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|NLD|1952|1982 (by [[Constitution of the Netherlands|Constitution]])|Abolished for peacetime offences in 1870, last execution for peacetime offences 1860}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|NOR|1948|1979|Abolished for peacetime offences in 1902, last execution for peacetime offences 1876}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|POL|1988|1997|A criminal law reform including reintroducion of death penalty was proposed in 2004 by [[Law and Justice|Prawo i Sprawiedliwość]], but lost in the first reading in the [[Sejm]] (vote of 198 ''against'' to 194 ''for'' with 14 abstentions).<ref name="amnesty.org ENGACT500012005"/>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|PRT|1849 (last woman in 1763)|1976 (by [[Portuguese Constitution|Constitution]])|Abolished for political crimes in 1852 (per Additional Act to the Constitutional Charter); abolished for all crimes except in time of war in 1867; abolished in time of war in 1911.}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|ROU|1989|1990<ref name="geocities richard-clark-europe"/> (by [[Romanian Constitution|Constitution]])}}
{{DP|E8AA30|RUS|1999||murder with aggravating circumstances; assassination attempt against a state or public figure; attempt on the life of a person administering justice or preliminary investigations; attempt on the life of a law-enforcement officer; genocide<ref>[http://www.legislationline.org/index.php?country=34&org=0&eu=0&topic=8 Legislationline - free online legislation database<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. On [[16 April]], [[1997]] Russia signed the Sixth Protocol to the [[European Convention on Human Rights]], but has yet to ratify it. There has been a moratorium on executions since 1996; no executions in the Russian Federation since August 1996, though one took place in 1999 in the [[Chechen Republic]]}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|SMR|1468|1865}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|SRB|1992|1995|Abolished in 1995 on Federal level, local legislation adjusted in 2002<ref>[http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.co.yu/arhiva/2001/11/07/srpski/T01110601.shtml www.glas-javnosti.co.yu<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|SVK|1989|1990 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|SVN|1957|1989 (by [[Constitution of Slovenia|Constitution]])}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|ESP|1975, September 27|1995|Abolished in 1978 by constitution except for military laws during wartime.}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|SWE|1910, November 23|1972|Peacetime offences [[1921]], Wartime offences [[1973]]. Constitutionally prohibited since [[1975]].}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|CHE|1944|1874/1938/1992|First abolishment in 1874, later permitted again and practiced by a few [[Cantons of Switzerland|states]] (9 executions until 1940). Definite abolishment by popular vote in 1938, except for wartime military crimes, for which it was eliminated in 1992.}}
{{DP|E8AA30|Transnistria|never||murder; attempt to murder a state or public official; armed rebellion; attempt to murder a magistrate or investigator; attempt to murder a law enforcement agent; genocide. Moratorium since [[January 1]], [[1999]]}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|TUR|1984, October 25|2004, July 21 (by [[Constitution of Turkey|Constitution]])}}
{{DP|E8AA30|Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|Never||Treason during wartime, acts of terrorism and piracy jure gentium, and for repeated murders<ref>[http://www.trncinfo.com/TANITMADAIRESI/2002/ENGLISH/ALLaboutTRNC/Page01.htm#aaa TRNC Public Information Office<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|UKR|1997, March<ref>http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aireport/ar99/eur50.htm</ref>|2000|Abolished February 2000 after the [[Constitutional Court of Ukraine|Ukrainian Constitutional Court]] ruled the death penalty unconstitutional in December 1999. New criminal code passed in April 2001.}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|UK|1964, August 13|1998|Abolished for murder in 1969 (the punishment being officially suspended for five years in 1965) in [[Great Britain]] and 1973 in [[Northern Ireland]]. Abolished for [[arson in royal dockyards]] in 1971. Abolished for all remaining offences (high treason, piracy with violence and offences under military jurisdiction) in 1998. European Convention ratified in 2003 confirming total abolition. See [[Capital punishment in the United Kingdom]]}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|VAT|1870, July 9 ([[Papal States]]<ref>[http://www.natcath.com/NCR_Online/archives/091401/091401a.htm Cover story: He executed justice<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>)|1969}}
|}
==[[North America]] and [[Caribbean]]==
Executions in 2007: United States (42)<ref>[http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=8&did=146 Executions in the United States in 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
![[#Legend|#]]
!Country
!Last Execution
!Abolished
!class="unsortable"|Notes
{{DP|CC7862|ATG|1991, February 2||Murder}}
{{DP|CC7862|BHS|2000, January 6||Treason; Piracy; Murder}}
{{DP|CC7862|BRB|1984, October 10<ref name="richard-clark"/>||Murder; Treason}}
{{DP|CC7862|BLZ|1985, June <ref name="richard-clark"/>||murder, except where extenuating circumstances can be proved<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR160022001?open&of=ENG-BLZ Belize: Death Penalty, Gilroy "Hooty" Wade, Oscar "Negro" Catzim Mendez, Glenford Baptist | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|BMU|1977|2000}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|CAN|1962, December 11|1976<ref>[http://www.ccadp.org/deathpenalty-canada.htm The Death Penalty In Canada: Facts, Figures And Milestones<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>|For more information see [[Capital punishment in Canada]]}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|CRI|1859<ref>http://www.bestwesterncostarica.com/tourist_pura_human.html</ref>|1877 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|CC7862|CUB|2003||Commuted most to prison terms of 30 years to life<ref>http://blogs.amnestyusa.org/death-penalty/archive/2008/04/30/cuba-ceases-fire--for-now.htm</ref>}}
{{DP|CC7862|DMA|1986, August 8 or later|}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|DOM||1966 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|D4DF5A|SLV|1973|1983 (for other crimes)|The death penalty may be imposed only in cases provided by military laws during a state of international war<ref name="amnesty.org ENGACT500092005">[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT500092005 Constitutional prohibitions of the death penalty | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|E8AA30|GRD|1978|}}
{{DP|CC7862|GTM|2000<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR340232000?open&of=ENG-GTM Guatemala: Death Penalty/imminent execution | Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>|}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|HTI|1972|1987 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|HND|1940|1956(by Constitution)}}
{{DP|CC7862|JAM|2003<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/report2004/jam-summary-eng Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Murder<ref>[http://www.santegidio.org/pdm/news2004/pdm20040717_b.htm Comunità di Sant'Egidio - No to the Death Penalty - News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|MEX|1937|2005|Death penalty was abolished by Constitution since 1917, but remained for military crimes; abolished after a controversy.}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|NIC|1930|1979 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|PAN|1903|1903 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|CC7862|KNA|1998, July 20||Murder}}
{{DP|CC7862|LCA|1995, October 17||Murder; Treason}}
{{DP|CC7862|VCT|1995, February 13||Murder; Treason}}
{{DP|CC7862|TTO|1999, July 28||Murder; Treason<ref>[http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=E/2005/3 Links to documents<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|TCA||2002<ref>http://www.fco.gov.uk/Files/kfile/cm5707,0.pdf (PDF)</ref>}}
{{DP|CC7862|USA|2008, July 1<ref>[http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?&did=2707 Executions in the United States in 2008<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>||Federal Law provides death penalty for many homicide-related crimes, as well as espionage, treason, and trafficking large quantities of drugs.<ref>[http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=29&did=192 Federal Laws Providing for the Death Penalty<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> 13 states abolish death penalty by a assembly vote and New-York not restored it after found inconstitutional.<ref>
{{cite news | url = http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=190836
| title = Executions halted as doctors balk | first = Pauline | last = Vu | publisher = Stateline.org | date = 2007-03-21 | accessdate = 2008-21-05}}
</ref>, although the remaining 36 still exercise the death penalty. Although legally a punishment of several crimes, it has not been applied for any crime other than murder, conspiracy to murder, or treason since 1964. It is now only used in cases of murder accompanied by previously identified special circumstances (e.g., murder and rape, murder and kidnapping, etc.) Some states allowed it to be imposed for some cases of [[sexual assault]] against children, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this practice [http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/07pdf/07-343.pdf banned] under the [[List of amendments to the United States Constitution| Eighth Amendment]] to the [[United States Constitution]] . Sentences of death must be handed down by a jury, not by a judge alone; the jury must hand down the sentence at the conclusion of a separate penalty phase of the trial (at least implying the jurors who sentence the person to death were the same jurors who convicted him or her of the crime). For more information see [[Capital punishment in the United States]].}}
|}
==[[Oceania]]==
Executions in 2007: ''none''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
![[#Legend|#]]
!Country
!Last Execution
!Abolished
!class="unsortable"|Notes
{{DP|3F9BBB|AUS|1967, February 3<ref>[http://acadp.com/ acadp.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>|1922 - 1985|[[Queensland]]: 1922, [[Tasmania]]: 1968, the [[Australia|Commonwealth]]: 1973, [[Northern Territory]]: 1973, [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]: 1975, [[South Australia]]: 1976, [[Australian Capital Territory|ACT]]: 1983, [[Western Australia]]: 1984, and [[New South Wales]]: 1985. For more information see [[Capital punishment in Australia]].}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|COK|none since self-government|2007<ref>[http://www.cook-islands.gov.ck/view_release.php?release_id=1001 Cook Islands Government Online<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>|For more information see [[Capital punishment in the Cook Islands]]}}
{{DP|D4DF5A|FJI|1964|1979 (for other crimes)|Only for crimes under the [[Republic of Fiji Military Forces Act]]}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|KIR|none since independence|1979}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|MHL|none since independence|1986 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|FSM|none since independence|1986 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|E8AA30|NRU|none since independence||Treason; Piracy; Murder}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|NZL|1957, February 17|1989|For more information see [[Capital punishment in New Zealand]]}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|NIU||}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|PLW|none since independence|probably 1994}}
{{DP|E8AA30|PNG|1950||Treason; Piracy; Attempted piracy; willful murder}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|WSM|1950s|2004, January 21<ref>[http://www.paclii.org/ws/legis/num_act/codpaa2004388/ Crimes (Abolition of Death Penalty) Amendment Act 2004<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|SLB|none since independence|1978}}
{{DP|E8AA30|TON|1982||Treason; Murder}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|TUV|none since independence|1978}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|VUT|none since independence|1980}}
|}
==[[South America]]==
Executions in 2007: ''none''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
![[#Legend|#]]
!Country
!Last Execution
!Abolished
!class="unsortable"|Notes
{{DP|D4DF5A|ARG|1916|1984 (for other crimes)|Constitution states "The penalty of death for political offences, all kinds of torture, and flogging, are forever abolished."<ref>http://www.argentina.gov.ar/argentina/portal/documentos/constitucion_ingles.pdf Section 18</ref> However, the death penalty could be used during wartime, until the Military code is changed by the Senate<ref>[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/Archivo/nota.asp?nota_id=960286 Newspaper article (in Spanish)]</ref>.}}
{{DP|D4DF5A|BOL|1974|1997 (for other crimes)}}
{{DP|D4DF5A|BRA|1855|1979 (for other crimes)|"serious crime of a military nature committed during wartime"<ref>[http://www.brazil.org.uk/humanrights/deathpenalty.html Death penalty in Brazil<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|D4DF5A|CHL|1985|2001 (for other crimes)|Although it has been completely abolished from civil justice, it may still be applied for military justice and only for exceptional crimes. In practice, this doesn't occur. Last execution took place in 1985.}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|COL|1909|1910 (by Constitution)|Prohibited by the [[Colombian Constitution of 1991]]: "The right to life is inviolable. There will be no death penalty."}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|ECU||1906 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|CC7862|GUY|||terrorist acts<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/report2004/guy-summary-eng Amnesty International<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>; Murder; Mass murder, rape, willful murder, treason and torture. Although the death penalty is a legal form of punishment against criminals committing those crimes, the constitution states that the penalty of death is not a mandatory punishment for all of those crimes.}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|PRY|1928|1992 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|D4DF5A|PER|1979|1979 (for other crimes)|Treason in time of war; Terrorism<ref name="amnesty.org ENGACT500092005"/>}}
{{DP|E8AA30|SUR|1982||aggravated murder; premeditated murder; treason<ref>[http://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/uncom.nsf/0/58ee85a258266406c1256e7c0030473a?OpenDocument HRC Concluding Observations: SURINAME<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|URY|1905|1907 (by Constitution)}}
{{DP|3F9BBB|VEN||1863 (by Constitution)}}
|}
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.amnesty.org/en/death-penalty Amnesty International]
*[http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777460.html The Death Penalty Worldwide]
*[http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=15025&Cr=death&Cr1=penalty Countries retaining death penalty fail to give details of executions] - [[United Nations]], July 14, [[2005]]
*[http://www.nswccl.org.au/issues/death_penalty/asiapac.php Death Penalty in Asia-Pacific]
*[http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/world.html Monthly updates of world-wide executions]
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[[ko:세계 각 나라의 사형제도 현황]]
[[it:Uso della pena di morte nel mondo]]