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[|Africa] Executions in 2007: Botswana (1), Egypt (?), Equatorial Guinea (3), Ethiopia (1), Libya (9), Somalia (5), Sudan (7) [|[31]]; treason || 
 * ~ [|Key] [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Country [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Last Execution [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Abolished [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Notes ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Algeria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Algeria.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Algeria.svg"]] [|Algeria] || 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 ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Flag_of_Angola.svg/22px-Flag_of_Angola.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Angola.svg"]] [|Angola] ||  || 1992 (by Constitution) ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Benin.svg/22px-Flag_of_Benin.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Benin.svg"]] [|Benin] || 1987 ||  || armed robbery[|[2]]; Murder[|[3]]; traffickers involved in "labor exploitation"[|[4]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/22px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Botswana.svg"]] [|Botswana] || 2007 ||  || Murder; Treason; Attempt on the life of the head of state; Mutiny; Desertion in the face of the enemy ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg/22px-Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Burkina_Faso.svg"]] [|Burkina Faso] || 1988 ||  || Treason[|[5]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Flag_of_Burundi.svg/22px-Flag_of_Burundi.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Burundi.svg"]] [|Burundi] || 2000 or later[|[6]] ||  || Murder [|[7]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Cameroon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cameroon.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Cameroon.svg"]] [|Cameroon] || 1997, January[|[8]] ||  || Secession; espionage; incitement to war[|[9]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Cape_Verde.svg"]] [|Cape Verde] || 1835 || 1981 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic.svg"]] [|Central African Republic] || 1981 ||  || [|Treason]; [|espionage]; [|charlatanism]; [|witchcraft]; [|assassination]; [|murder][|[10]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Flag_of_Chad.svg/22px-Flag_of_Chad.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Chad.svg"]] [|Chad] || 2003[|[11]] ||  || Murder ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Comoros.svg"]] [|Comoros] || 1996 or later[|[12]] ||  ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png width="22" height="17" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg"]] [|Democratic Republic of the Congo] || 2003[|[13]] ||  ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo.svg"]] [|Congo] || 1982 ||  ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_Cote_d%27Ivoire.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cote_d%27Ivoire.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Cote_d%27Ivoire.svg"]] [|Côte d'Ivoire] || None since independence[|[14]] || 2000 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_Djibouti.svg/22px-Flag_of_Djibouti.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Djibouti.svg"]] [|Djibouti] || None since independence || 1995 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Egypt.svg/22px-Flag_of_Egypt.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Egypt.svg"]] [|Egypt] || 2007 ||  || Rape, only if accompanied by kidnapping of the victim. Murder. Treason. [|Organized Drug Trafficking]. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg/22px-Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea.svg"]] [|Equatorial Guinea] || 2007 ||  ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Flag_of_Eritrea.svg/22px-Flag_of_Eritrea.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Eritrea.svg"]] [|Eritrea] ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Ethiopia.svg"]] [|Ethiopia] || 2007, August[|[15]] ||  || Murder ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Gabon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Gabon.svg.png width="22" height="17" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Gabon.svg"]] [|Gabon] || 1981[|[16]] ||  ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg/22px-Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_The_Gambia.svg"]] [|Gambia] || 1981 ||  || Treason. Abolished 1993 but was reinstated by Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council in August 1995[|[17]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Ghana.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ghana.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Ghana.svg"]] [|Ghana] || 1993 ||  || Murder; Treason; Armed robbery[|[17]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/22px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg"]] [|Guinea-Bissau] || 1986 || 1993 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Guinea.svg/22px-Flag_of_Guinea.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Guinea.svg"]] [|Guinea] || 2001[|[18]] ||  || Murder ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Kenya.svg"]] [|Kenya] || 1984 ||  || Murder and armed robbery[|[13]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Flag_of_Lesotho.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lesotho.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Lesotho.svg"]] [|Lesotho] ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Flag_of_Liberia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Liberia.svg.png width="22" height="12" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Liberia.svg"]] [|Liberia] || 1995[|[17]] ||  || On September 16 2005, Liberia had acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the [|International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights], completely abolishing the death penalty, but re-introduced elements of it again in July, 2008.[|[19]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/22px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Libya.svg"]] [|Libya] || 2008 ||  || High treason; attempt to forcibly change the form of government; premeditated murder[|[20]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Madagascar.svg/22px-Flag_of_Madagascar.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Madagascar.svg"]] [|Madagascar] || 1958 ||  ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Flag_of_Malawi.svg/22px-Flag_of_Malawi.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Malawi.svg"]] [|Malawi] || 1992[|[21]] ||  ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Mali.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mali.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Mali.svg"]] [|Mali] || 1980 ||  ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Mauritania.svg"]] [|Mauritania] || 1987 ||  || [|Sodomy][|[22]]; [|Apostasy][|[23]] (Although apostasy is a capital offense there are no recorded executions for it). ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Flag_of_Mauritius.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mauritius.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Mauritius.svg"]] [|Mauritius] || 1987 || 1995 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Morocco.svg/22px-Flag_of_Morocco.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Morocco.svg"]] [|Morocco] || 1993 ||  || [|Terrorism][|[13]]. An abolition law project is being presented to the [|Parliament of Morocco] in spring 2007. (see [|Human rights in Morocco#Capital punishment]) ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Mozambique.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mozambique.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Mozambique.svg"]] [|Mozambique] || 1986 || 1990 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Namibia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Namibia.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Namibia.svg"]] [|Namibia] || 1988 || 1990 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Flag_of_Niger.svg/22px-Flag_of_Niger.svg.png width="22" height="19" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Niger.svg"]] [|Niger] || 1976 ||  ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Nigeria.svg"]] [|Nigeria] || 2001[|[17]] ||  || Sodomy[|[24]]. Each of the 36 states have their own laws. In the north of the country the legal system used is Sharia (Islamic law) ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Rwanda.svg/22px-Flag_of_Rwanda.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Rwanda.svg"]] [|Rwanda] || 1998 || 2007[|[25]] ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flag_of_Western_Sahara.svg/22px-Flag_of_Western_Sahara.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Western_Sahara.svg"]] [|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic] || 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] from the [|Arabic].)[|[26]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Flag_of_Sao_Tome_and_Principe.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sao_Tome_and_Principe.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Sao_Tome_and_Principe.svg"]] [|São Tomé and Príncipe] || None since independence || 1990 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Flag_of_Senegal.svg/22px-Flag_of_Senegal.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Senegal.svg"]] [|Senegal] || 1967 || 2004, December 10 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_the_Seychelles.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Seychelles.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Seychelles.svg"]] [|Seychelles] || None since independence || 1993 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Sierra_Leone.svg"]] [|Sierra Leone] || 1998 ||  || Treason[|[27]]; Murder; Aggravated robbery. Under the [|Special Court for Sierra Leone] the death penalty is not a punishment for [|war crimes] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_Somalia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Somalia.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Somalia.svg"]] [|Somalia] || 2008 ||  || After the breakdown of [|de jure] government, most regions reverted to [|Islamic law] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Somaliland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Somaliland.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Somaliland.svg"]] [|Somaliland] ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Flag_of_South_Africa.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Africa.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_South_Africa.svg"]] [|South Africa] || 1991, January 31[|[8]] || 1997 || On [|25 May] [|2005] the [|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] "[|homelands]". The last execution in Pretoria Central Prison was on [|November 14], [|1989]. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Sudan.svg"]] [|Sudan] || 2007 ||  || Sodomy [|[28]]; Waging war against the state[|[29]]; Apostasy[|[23]]; Prostitution; Treason; Acts which may endanger the independence or unity of the state; Murder; Armed robbery; Weapons possession and smuggling ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_Swaziland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Swaziland.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Swaziland.svg"]] [|Swaziland] || 1983[|[30]] ||  || Murder
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tanzania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Tanzania.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Tanzania.svg"]] [|Tanzania] || 1994 ||  || Murder; Treason ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Flag_of_Togo.svg/22px-Flag_of_Togo.svg.png width="22" height="14" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Togo.svg"]] [|Togo] || 1978[|[32]] ||  || Premeditated murder; plots against the security of the State ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Tunisia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Tunisia.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Tunisia.svg"]] [|Tunisia] || 1991 ||  || Murder; violence and aggression; attacks against the internal security of the State; attacks against the external security of the State ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Flag_of_Uganda.svg/22px-Flag_of_Uganda.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Uganda.svg"]] [|Uganda] || 2003[|[33]] ||  || Treason; Terrorism; Murder[|[34]]; 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.[|[35]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Zambia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Zambia.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Zambia.svg"]] [|Zambia] || 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."[|[21]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg/22px-Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Zimbabwe.svg"]] [|Zimbabwe] || 2003, June[|[36]] ||  || Drug trafficking; Treason; Murder; Mutiny ||

[[|edit]] [|Asia]
Executions in 2007: Afghanistan (15), Bangladesh (6), People's Republic of China (470+), Indonesia (2), Iran (244), Iraq (29), Japan (9), North Korea (9), Kuwait (1), Pakistan (31), Saudi Arabia (140), Singapore (2), Syria (5), Vietnam (25), Yemen (8) (see [|Capital punishment in Taiwan]) || 
 * ~ [|Key] [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Country [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Last Execution [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Abolished [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Notes ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Afghanistan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Afghanistan.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Afghanistan.svg"]] [|Afghanistan] || 2007, October 8[|[37]] ||  || Murder; child smuggling in order to use the victim's body parts; Apostasy (see [|Abdul Rahman (convert)]) ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Armenia.svg"]] [|Armenia] || 1991[|[38]] || 2003 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Azerbaijan.svg"]] [|Azerbaijan] || 1992 || 1998 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Bahrain.svg"]] [|Bahrain] || 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] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg"]] [|Bangladesh] || 2007 ||  || Murder [|[39]]; drug offences [|[40]]; Trafficking in children for immoral or illegal purposes; Trafficking in women for purposes of prostitution[|[41]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Flag_of_Bhutan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bhutan.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Bhutan.svg"]] [|Bhutan] || 1974[|[21]] || 2004 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Brunei.svg"]] [|Brunei] || 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[|[42]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Flag_of_Cambodia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cambodia.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Cambodia.svg"]] [|Cambodia] ||  || 1989 (by Constitution) ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg"]] [|China] || 2008 ||  || Embezzlement; Rape of children; Fraud; Bombing; People trafficking; Piracy; Theft; Corruption; Arson; Murder; "Endangering national security"; Terrorism[|[43]] (see [|Capital punishment in the People's Republic of China]) (The two [|special administrative regions], namely [|Hong Kong] and [|Macau], have abolished death penalty.) ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg"]] [|Taiwan] || 2005 ||  || Since 2004, most death sentences have been informally given moratorium by President [|Chen Shui-bian] except serious murders.
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Flag_of_East_Timor.svg/22px-Flag_of_East_Timor.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_East_Timor.svg"]] [|Timor-Leste] ||  || 1999 ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Hong_Kong.svg"]] [|Hong Kong] || 1966 || 1993* || *when Hong Kong was under [|British rule], and remains so after the [|handover] to the People's Republic of China. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/22px-Flag_of_India.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_India.svg"]] [|India] || 2004, August 14[|[44]] ||  || [|Murder],[|Rape], instigating a child's [|suicide], [|treason], acts of [|terrorism], or a second conviction for [|drug trafficking]. For more information see [|Capital punishment in India] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Indonesia.svg"]] [|Indonesia] || 2008, June 26[|[45]] ||  || Drug trafficking[|[46]]; Terrorism[|[47]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Flag_of_Iran.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iran.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Iran.svg"]] [|Iran] || 2008 ||  || Sodomy; Armed Robbery; Terrorism; Drug trafficking; Kidnapping & rape; Murder; accounts for two-thirds of the global total of child offender executions[|[1]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Iraq.svg"]] [|Iraq] || 2008 ||  || murder; endangering national security; distributing drugs; rape; attacks on transport convoys; financing and execution of terrorism[|[48]]. Suspended in April 2003 after [|2003 invasion]; reinstated May 2005. Last execution against Taha Yassin Ramadan on 20th March 2007. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Israel.svg/22px-Flag_of_Israel.svg.png width="22" height="16" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Israel.svg"]] [|Israel] || 1962 || 1954 (for other crimes) || Crimes against humanity[|[49]], high treason. Only one execution after 1954 (high-ranking Nazi [|Adolf Eichmann]). ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Japan.svg"]] [|Japan] || 2008, June 17[|[50]] ||  || Prosecutors only push for the death penalty in the case of multiple murders, or single murder with aggravating circumstances.[|[51]] 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. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Jordan.svg"]] [|Jordan] || 2005 ||  || Murder[|[52]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg"]] [|Kazakhstan] || 2003[|[53]] || 2007 || Terrorism, crimes in wartime[|[54]]. Moratorium since [|17 December] [|2003] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/22px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_North_Korea.svg"]] [|North Korea] || 2008[|[55]] ||  || Plots against national sovereignty; terrorism ; treason against the Motherland by citizens; treason against the people; murder[|[56]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/22px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_South_Korea.svg"]] [|South Korea] || 1997, December 30[|[57]] ||  || Murder [|[58]]. There has been an unofficial moratorium on executions since [|President] [|Kim Dae-jung] took office in February 1998.[|[59]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Kuwait.svg"]] [|Kuwait] || 2007 ||  || Drugs Trafficking; Rape & Murder ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg"]] [|Kyrgyzstan] ||  || 2007[|[60]][|[61]] || Kyrgyz authorities had extended a moratorium on executions each year since 1998. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Laos.svg/22px-Flag_of_Laos.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Laos.svg"]] [|Laos] || 1989 ||  || Drugs trafficking[|[62]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Lebanon.svg"]] [|Lebanon] || 2004 ||  || Murder[|[63]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Flag_of_Macau.svg/22px-Flag_of_Macau.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Macau.svg"]] [|Macau] ||  ||   || Death penalty and life imprisonment are prohibited, even after the [|handover] to the People's Republic of China.[|[64]] The maximum possible sentence is imprisonment for 30 years.[|[65]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Malaysia.svg"]] [|Malaysia] || 2006[|[66]] ||  || 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][|[67]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Maldives.svg/22px-Flag_of_Maldives.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Maldives.svg"]] [|Maldives] || 1952 ||  || Murder[|[68]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Mongolia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mongolia.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Mongolia.svg"]] [|Mongolia] ||  ||   || 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[|[69]]. According to Amnesty International, executions were carried out in secret and there are no official statistics[|[70]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Flag_of_Myanmar.svg/22px-Flag_of_Myanmar.svg.png width="22" height="12" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Myanmar.svg"]] [|Burma] || 1993 ||  || High treason[|[71]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flag_of_Nagorno-Karabakh.svg/22px-Flag_of_Nagorno-Karabakh.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Nagorno-Karabakh.svg"]] [|Nagorno-Karabakh Republic] || Never ||  || de facto moratorium on executions since 1997 ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/16px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png width="16" height="20" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Nepal.svg"]] [|Nepal] || 1979 || 1997 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/22px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Oman.svg"]] [|Oman] || 2001[|[72]] ||  || Murder; Drug trafficking[|[73]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/Flag_of_Pakistan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Pakistan.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Pakistan.svg"]] [|Pakistan] || 2008 ||  || Murder; Sodomy[|[74]]; Gang rape; Mutiny (see [|Capital punishment in Pakistan]) ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/22px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Palestine.svg"]] [|Palestinian Authority] || 2005[|[75]] ||  || Murder; Rape; Collaborating with Israeli forces to assassinate Palestinians[|[76]]. There had been an unofficial moratorium since 2002 after [|President] [|Yasser Arafat] stopped authorising executions. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Philippines.svg"]] [|Philippines] || 2000 || 2006, June 24 || Abolished in 1987 under the present [|constititution], re-introduced in 1993, re-abolished on [|June 24], [|2006] under [|Republic Act] No. 9346. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/22px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png width="22" height="9" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Qatar.svg"]] [|Qatar] || 2001 ||  || Espionage[|[77]]; Threat to national security[|[78]]; Apostasy[|[23]]. Although apostasy is a capital offense there are no recorded executions for it ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg"]] [|Saudi Arabia] || 2008[|[79]] ||  || Many violent and nonviolent offenses including murder, apostasy, drug offenses, witchcraft and sexual misconduct.[|[80]]. Method most often used is beheading by a sword ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/22px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Singapore.svg"]] [|Singapore] || 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[|[81]] (see [|capital punishment in Singapore]) ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg"]] [|Sri Lanka] || 1976, June 23 ||  || Murder, Perjury causing an innocent person to be executed, rape, drug trafficking. Moratorium from 1976 to 2003; reinstated in 2004 [//[|citation needed]//], however no executions have been carried out. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Flag_of_Syria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Syria.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Syria.svg"]] [|Syria] || 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] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Tajikistan.svg"]] [|Tajikistan] || 2004 ||  || Murder with aggravating circumstances; rape with aggravating circumstances; terrorism; [|biocide]; genocide[|[82]]. Moratorium introduced [|30 April] [|2004] by President [|Emomalii Rahmon] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/22px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Thailand.svg"]] [|Thailand] || 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 [|here (PDF)] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Turkmenistan.svg"]] [|Turkmenistan] ||  || 1999 (by Constitution) ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg"]] [|United Arab Emirates] || 2002[|[83]] ||  || Murder; Drug offences[|[84]]; homosexuality[|[85]][|[86]]; Rape; Treason; Aggravated robbery; Apostasy; Environmental pollution; Terrorism ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg/22px-Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Uzbekistan.svg"]] [|Uzbekistan] || 2005[|[87]] || 2008 || [|President] [|Islom Karimov] signed a decree on [|1 August] [|2005] that replaced the death penalty with life imprisonment on [|1 January] [|2008][|[88]][|[89]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/22px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Vietnam.svg"]] [|Vietnam] || 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[|[90]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Yemen.svg/22px-Flag_of_Yemen.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Yemen.svg"]] [|Yemen] || 2008 ||  || Murder [|[91]]; Adultery[|[92]]; homosexuality[|[85]][|[93]]; Apostasy[|[23]]. Although apostasy is a capital offense there are no recorded executions for it ||

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//Main article: [|Capital punishment in Europe]// Executions in 2008: Belarus (3)  == [[|edit]] [|North America] and [|Caribbean] == Executions in 2007: United States (42)[|[105]] 
 * ~ [|Key] [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Country [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Last Execution [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Abolished [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Notes ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Flag_of_Albania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Albania.svg.png width="22" height="16" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Albania.svg"]] [|Albania] || 1995[|[38]] || 2007 || Ratification of Protocol No. 13 of ECHR took place on February 6th and in effect by June 1st, 2007. [|[94]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Andorra.svg/22px-Flag_of_Andorra.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Andorra.svg"]] [|Andorra] || 1943 || 1990 (by [|Constitution]) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Austria.svg"]] [|Austria] || 1950 || 1968 (by [|Constitution]) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Flag_of_Belarus.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belarus.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Belarus.svg"]] [|Belarus] || 2008, February[|[95]] ||  || 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[|[96]] (see [|Capital punishment in Belarus]) ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg"]] [|Belgium] || 1863 for common law crimes; 1950 for war crimes || 1996 (by [|Constitution]) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina.svg"]] [|Bosnia and Herzegovina] || Never || 1995 (by [|Constitution]) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Bulgaria.svg"]] [|Bulgaria] || 1989 || 1998 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Flag_of_Croatia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Croatia.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Croatia.svg"]] [|Croatia] || 1973[|[38]] || 1990 (by [|Constitution]) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Cyprus.svg"]] [|Cyprus] || 1962 || 2002 || Capital punishment for murder abolished in 1983. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg"]] [|Czech Republic] || 1989 || 1990 (by [|Constitution]) || For more info see [|Capital punishment in the Czech Republic]. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/22px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png width="22" height="17" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Denmark.svg"]] [|Denmark] || 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]. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png width="22" height="14" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Estonia.svg"]] [|Estonia] || 1991 || 1998 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Finland.svg"]] [|Finland] || 1944 || 1972 (by [|Constitution]) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/22px-Flag_of_France.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_France.svg"]] [|France] || 1977 || 1981 || Forbidden by law in 1981 and by [|Constitution] in 2007. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Flag_of_Georgia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Georgia.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Georgia.svg"]] [|Georgia] || 1995[|[38]] || 1997 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/22px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Germany.svg"]] [|Germany] || none by authorities of the FRG || 1949 ([|FRG])/1951 ([|West Berlin])/1987 ([|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] since 1949. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/22px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Greece.svg"]] [|Greece] || 1972 || 2004 || Already abolished in 1975 for all crimes, except high treason in time of war; abolished completely in 2004 ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/22px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Hungary.svg"]] [|Hungary] || 1989 || 1990 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Flag_of_Iceland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Iceland.svg.png width="22" height="16" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Iceland.svg"]] [|Iceland] || 1830 || 1928 || Abolished in 1928; reintroduction made unconstitutional in 1995 by unanimous vote of parliament ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Ireland.svg"]] [|Ireland] || 1954 || 1990 || [|21st Amendment to the Constitution (2001)] passed by national referendum made reintroduction unconstitutional without a further constitutional amendment (and referendum). Until recently it was still technically lawful to execute the murderer of a [|police officer]; however, in practice this never occurred, likely due to widespread moral objection. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/22px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Italy.svg"]] [|Italy] || 1947 || 1994 || Already abolished, except in time of war, in 1948 (by the [|Constitution]). Abolished from the military penal code in 1994. Constitution amended in 2007 to make reintroduction unconstitutional without a further constitutional amendment. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Flag_of_Kosovo.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kosovo.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Kosovo.svg"]] [|Kosovo] ||  || 2008 (by [|Constitution])[|[97]] ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Latvia.svg"]] [|Latvia] || 1996[|[38]] || 1999 (for other crimes) || murder with aggravating circumstances if committed during wartime[|[98]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg/22px-Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Liechtenstein.svg"]] [|Liechtenstein] || 1785 || 1987 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Lithuania.svg"]] [|Lithuania] || 1995 || 1998 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/22px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg"]] [|Luxembourg] || 1949 || 1979 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_Macedonia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Macedonia.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Macedonia.svg"]] [|Republic of Macedonia] || 1988[|[38]] || 1991 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/22px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Malta.svg"]] [|Malta] || 1943 || 2000 || Capital punishment for murder abolished in 1971; continued to be part of the country's military code until 2000. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Isle_of_Man.svg"]] [|Isle of Man] || 1872 || 1993 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Moldova.svg/22px-Flag_of_Moldova.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Moldova.svg"]] [|Moldova] || 1985[|[38]] || 1995 || On [|September 23], [|2005] the [|Moldovan Constitutional Court] approved constitutional amendments that explicitly abolished the death penalty[|[99]]. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Flag_of_Monaco.svg/22px-Flag_of_Monaco.svg.png width="22" height="18" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Monaco.svg"]] [|Monaco] || 1847 || 1962 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Montenegro.svg/22px-Flag_of_Montenegro.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Montenegro.svg"]] [|Montenegro] || 1992 || 1995 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg"]] [|Netherlands] || 1952 || 1982 (by [|Constitution]) || Abolished for peacetime offences in 1870, last execution for peacetime offences 1860 ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/22px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png width="22" height="16" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Norway.svg"]] [|Norway] || 1948 || 1979 || Abolished for peacetime offences in 1902, last execution for peacetime offences 1876 ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/22px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png width="22" height="14" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Poland.svg"]] [|Poland] || 1988 || 1997 || A criminal law reform including reintroducion of death penalty was proposed in 2004 by [|Prawo i Sprawiedliwość], but lost in the first reading in the [|Sejm] (vote of 198 //against// to 194 //for// with 14 abstentions). It's being said that this was only a populism as Poland was at this time in [|European Union] and because of that this initiative hardly had a chance.[|[21]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/22px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Portugal.svg"]] [|Portugal] || 1849 (last woman in 1763) || 1976 (by [|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. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Romania.svg/22px-Flag_of_Romania.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Romania.svg"]] [|Romania] || [|December 25], [|1989] || 1990[|[38]] (by [|Constitution]) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Russia.svg"]] [|Russia] || 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[|[100]]. 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] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Flag_of_San_Marino.svg/22px-Flag_of_San_Marino.svg.png width="22" height="17" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_San_Marino.svg"]] [|San Marino] || 1468 || 1865 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Serbia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Serbia.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Serbia.svg"]] [|Serbia] || 1992 || 1995 || Abolished in 1995 on Federal level, local legislation adjusted in 2002[|[101]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Slovakia.svg"]] [|Slovakia] || 1989 || 1990 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Flag_of_Slovenia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Slovenia.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Slovenia.svg"]] [|Slovenia] || 1957 || 1989 (by [|Constitution]) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/22px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Spain.svg"]] [|Spain] || 1975, September 27 || 1995 || Abolished in 1978 by constitution except for military laws during wartime. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/22px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png width="22" height="14" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Sweden.svg"]] [|Sweden] || 1910, November 23 || 1972 || Peacetime offences [|1921], Wartime offences [|1973]. Constitutionally prohibited since [|1975]. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Switzerland.svg/20px-Flag_of_Switzerland.svg.png width="20" height="20" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Switzerland.svg"]] [|Switzerland] || 1944 || 1874/1938/1992 || First abolishment in 1874, later permitted again and practiced by a few [|states] (9 executions until 1940). Definite abolishment by popular vote in 1938, except for wartime military crimes, for which it was eliminated in 1992. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Flag_of_Transnistria.svg/22px-Flag_of_Transnistria.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Transnistria.svg"]] [|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] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/22px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Turkey.svg"]] [|Turkey] || 1984, October 25 || 2004, July 21 (by [|Constitution]) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus.svg"]] [|Northern Cyprus] || Never ||  || Treason during wartime, acts of terrorism and piracy //[|jure gentium]// (by the law of nations), and for repeated murders[|[102]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Ukraine.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ukraine.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Ukraine.svg"]] [|Ukraine] || 1997, March[|[103]] || 2000 || Abolished February 2000 after the [|Ukrainian Constitutional Court] ruled the death penalty unconstitutional in December 1999. New criminal code passed in April 2001. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg"]] [|United Kingdom] || 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] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_the_Vatican_City.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Vatican_City.svg.png width="20" height="20" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Vatican_City.svg"]] [|Vatican City] || 1870, July 9 ([|Papal States][|[104]]) || 1969 ||  ||
 * ~ [|Key] [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Country [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Last Execution [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Abolished [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Notes ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg/22px-Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda.svg"]] [|Antigua and Barbuda] || 1991, February 2 ||  || Murder ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Bahamas.svg"]] [|Bahamas] || 2000, January 6 ||  || Treason; Piracy; Murder ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Barbados.svg/22px-Flag_of_Barbados.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Barbados.svg"]] [|Barbados] || 1984, October 10[|[8]] ||  || Murder; Treason ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Flag_of_Belize.svg/22px-Flag_of_Belize.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Belize.svg"]] [|Belize] || 1985, June [|[8]] ||  || murder, except where extenuating circumstances can be proved[|[106]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Flag_of_Bermuda.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bermuda.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Bermuda.svg"]] [|Bermuda] || 1977 || 2000 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Canada.svg/22px-Flag_of_Canada.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Canada.svg"]] [|Canada] || 1962, December 11 || 1976[|[107]] || For more information see [|Capital punishment in Canada] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg/22px-Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Costa_Rica.svg"]] [|Costa Rica] || 1859[|[108]] || 1877 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Flag_of_Cuba.svg/22px-Flag_of_Cuba.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Cuba.svg"]] [|Cuba] || 2003 ||  || Commuted most to prison terms of 30 years to life[|[109]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Flag_of_Dominica.svg/22px-Flag_of_Dominica.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Dominica.svg"]] [|Dominica] || 1986, August 8 or later ||  ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png width="22" height="14" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg"]] [|Dominican Republic] ||  || 1966 (by Constitution) ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg/22px-Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg.png width="22" height="12" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_El_Salvador.svg"]] [|El Salvador] || 1973 || 1983 (for other crimes) || The death penalty may be imposed only in cases provided by military laws during a state of international war[|[110]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Grenada.svg/22px-Flag_of_Grenada.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Grenada.svg"]] [|Grenada] || 1978 ||  ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Flag_of_Guatemala.svg/22px-Flag_of_Guatemala.svg.png width="22" height="14" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Guatemala.svg"]] [|Guatemala] || 2000[|[111]] ||  ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Flag_of_Haiti.svg/22px-Flag_of_Haiti.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Haiti.svg"]] [|Haiti] || 1972 || 1987 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Honduras.svg/22px-Flag_of_Honduras.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Honduras.svg"]] [|Honduras] || 1940 || 1956(by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Flag_of_Jamaica.svg/22px-Flag_of_Jamaica.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Jamaica.svg"]] [|Jamaica] || 2003[|[112]] ||  || Murder[|[113]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/22px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Mexico.svg"]] [|Mexico] || 1937 || 2005 || Death penalty was abolished by Constitution since 1917 except for military crimes. Abolished in 2005 for all crimes. After the kidnap and subsequent murder of 14 year old Fernando Marti in July 2008 at the hands of an organized group of criminals which included police officers, there has been social pressure to reinstate capital punishment and the issue is about to be brought up in Congress.[|[114]][|[115]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg/22px-Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Nicaragua.svg"]] [|Nicaragua] || 1930 || 1979 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Flag_of_Panama.svg/22px-Flag_of_Panama.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Panama.svg"]] [|Panama] || 1903 || 1903 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg/22px-Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis.svg"]] [|Saint Kitts and Nevis] || 1998, July 20 ||  || Murder ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Saint_Lucia.svg"]] [|Saint Lucia] || 1995, October 17 ||  || Murder; Treason ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg/22px-Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines.svg"]] [|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines] || 1995, February 13 ||  || Murder; Treason ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg/22px-Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago.svg"]] [|Trinidad and Tobago] || 1999, July 28 ||  || Murder; Treason[|[116]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands.svg"]] [|Turks and Caicos Islands] ||  || 2002[|[117]] ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png width="22" height="12" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_United_States.svg"]] [|United States] || 2008[|[118]] ||  || Federal Law provides death penalty for many homicide-related crimes, as well as espionage, treason, and trafficking large quantities of drugs.[|[119]]; 36 of 50 states still exercise the death penalty. In practice, capital punishment is banned for any crime other than murder, conspiracy to murder, or treason. Sentences of death must be handed down by a jury. For more information see [|Capital punishment in the United States]. ||

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 * ~ [|Key] [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Country [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Last Execution [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Abolished [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Notes ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Flag_of_Australia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Australia.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Australia.svg"]] [|Australia] || 1967, February 3[|[120]] || 1922 - 1985 || [|Queensland]: 1922, [|Tasmania]: 1968, the [|Commonwealth]: 1973, [|Northern Territory]: 1973, [|ACT]: 1973, [|Victoria]: 1975, [|South Australia]: 1976, [|Western Australia]: 1984, and [|New South Wales]: 1985. For more information see [|Capital punishment in Australia]. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands.svg"]] [|Cook Islands] || none since self-government || 2007[|[121]] || For more information see [|Capital punishment in the Cook Islands] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Fiji.svg/22px-Flag_of_Fiji.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Fiji.svg"]] [|Fiji] || 1964 || 1979 (for other crimes) || Only for crimes under the [|Republic of Fiji Military Forces Act] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kiribati.svg/22px-Flag_of_Kiribati.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Kiribati.svg"]] [|Kiribati] || none since independence || 1979 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg.png width="22" height="12" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands.svg"]] [|Marshall Islands] || none since independence || 1986 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Flag_of_Micronesia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Micronesia.svg.png width="22" height="12" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Micronesia.svg"]] [|Federated States of Micronesia] || none since independence || 1986 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Flag_of_Nauru.svg/22px-Flag_of_Nauru.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Nauru.svg"]] [|Nauru] || none since independence ||  || Treason; Piracy; Murder ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/22px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg"]] [|New Zealand] || 1957, February 17 || 1989 || For more information see [|Capital punishment in New Zealand] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Niue.svg/22px-Flag_of_Niue.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Niue.svg"]] [|Niue] ||  ||   ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Palau.svg/22px-Flag_of_Palau.svg.png width="22" height="14" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Palau.svg"]] [|Palau] || none since independence || 1994 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg/22px-Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg.png width="22" height="17" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea.svg"]] [|Papua New Guinea] || 1950 ||  || Treason; Piracy; Attempted piracy; willful murder ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Flag_of_Samoa.svg/22px-Flag_of_Samoa.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Samoa.svg"]] [|Samoa] || 1950s || 2004, January 21[|[122]] ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/22px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg"]] [|Solomon Islands] || none since independence || 1978 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Tonga.svg/22px-Flag_of_Tonga.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Tonga.svg"]] [|Tonga] || 1982 ||  || Treason; Murder ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg/22px-Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Tuvalu.svg"]] [|Tuvalu] || none since independence || 1978 ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg/22px-Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Vanuatu.svg"]] [|Vanuatu] || none since independence || 1980 ||  ||

[[|edit]] [|South America]
Executions in 2007: //none//
 * ~ [|Key] [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Country [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Last Execution [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Abolished [[image:http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/sort_none.gif caption="↓" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_nation#"]] ||~ Notes ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/22px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png width="22" height="14" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Argentina.svg"]] [|Argentina] || 1916 || 1984 (for other crimes)/2009 || Constitution states "The penalty of death for political offences, all kinds of torture, and flogging, are forever abolished."[|[123]] The Military code of Justice was abolished (including the death penalty) on Aug. 6, 2008, thus the law will be in force within 6 months.[|[124]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Bolivia.svg"]] [|Bolivia] || 1974 || 1997 (for other crimes) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Brazil.svg"]] [|Brazil] || 1855/1876 || 1891 (by Constitution)[|[125]] || 1855 in Macaé, RJ, was the last execution signed by emperor [|Dom Pedro II], since 1857 abolitionist, while the 1876 execution in Pilar, AL, appears no appeal had been made. Under the Republic, capital punishment had already been vanished in 1890 in the then new penal code, but was reintroduced as laws of exception between 1938 and 1945[|[126]] by the Vargas dictature (1930-1945) and once more between 1969 and 1978[|[127]] by the military dictature (1964-1985); anyway, no sentence has been carried out. Death penalty continues maintained for "serious crime of a military nature committed during wartime"[|[128]] [|[129]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/22px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Chile.svg"]] [|Chile] || 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. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Colombia.svg"]] [|Colombia] || 1909 || 1910 (by Constitution) || Prohibited by the [|Colombian Constitution of 1991]: "The right to life is inviolable. There will be no death penalty." ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Flag_of_Ecuador.svg/22px-Flag_of_Ecuador.svg.png width="22" height="11" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Ecuador.svg"]] [|Ecuador] ||  || 1906 (by Constitution) ||   ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Flag_of_Guyana.svg/22px-Flag_of_Guyana.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Guyana.svg"]] [|Guyana] ||  ||   || terrorist acts[|[130]]; 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. ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_Paraguay.svg/22px-Flag_of_Paraguay.svg.png width="22" height="13" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Paraguay.svg"]] [|Paraguay] || 1928 || 1992 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Flag_of_Peru.svg/22px-Flag_of_Peru.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Peru.svg"]] [|Peru] || 1979 || 1979 (for other crimes) || Treason in time of war; Terrorism[|[110]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Flag_of_Suriname.svg/22px-Flag_of_Suriname.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Suriname.svg"]] [|Suriname] || 1982 ||  || aggravated murder; premeditated murder; treason[|[131]] ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_Uruguay.svg/22px-Flag_of_Uruguay.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Uruguay.svg"]] [|Uruguay] || 1905 || 1907 (by Constitution) ||  ||
 * || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/22px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png width="22" height="15" link="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Flag_of_Venezuela.svg"]] [|Venezuela] ||  || 1863 (by Constitution) ||   ||