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Capital punishment, the penalty of death for the commission of a crime, is a controversial issue on which individual nations take many differing stances. This article categorizes individual sovereign entities within NationStates by their respective policies on the death penalty.
National law
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- ██ Abolished for all crimes: nations which legally forbid the death penalty for all cases and do not apply it.
- ██ Abolished in practice i.e. death penalty is only legal in extraordinary circumstances.
- ██ Abolished in practice i.e. death penalty is legal but has not been used for over 10 years.
- ██ Retainers of capital punishment or the death penalty: nations which legally allow the death penalty and apply it with some regularity.
| Key | Country | Year of Last Execution | Year Abolished | Notes |
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| 3LiT3 | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuk | 2011 | The death penalty was abolished in 2011 for all crimes. | ||
| Acadian Republic | 2001 | The death penalty was abolished for all crimes except treason in 1968. It was formally abolished for treason in 2001, having never been practised. | ||
| Republic of Ainin | 1987 | 1987 | The death penalty was abolished in 1987. Before 1987, capital punishment was only possible if the defendant pleaded guilty to either one count of treason, two counts of murder or five counts of corruption (the latter never happening). | |
| Akimonad | n/a | The death penalty is retained for murder, or crimes involving killing someone, as well as treason. | ||
| Ale-Yarok | n/a | n/a | The death penalty was never established as a part of the Ale-Yarok legal code. | |
| Altanar | n/a | The death penalty is retained for high treason, and multiple offenses of murder, rape, child molestation or abuse. A very lengthy review process is in place. | ||
| Antrium | n/a | The death penalty is retained for only the most heinous murder cases, serious cases of treason, and terrorism. | ||
| ArghNeedAName | 1995 | The Constitution has said that "The use and application of the death penalty" is to be left to the provinces. However, the Bill of Rights also requires "A person who is falsely accused or convicted has a right to just compensation." The ArghNeedAName Supreme Court ruling in the case Kixas vs. McLeighton, 1989 ruled that application of the death penalty was unconstitutional except for "a case of mass murder in which the evidence is overwhelming and indisputable" because an executed person cannot recieve compensation. Susequently no criminal has recieved the death penalty. | ||
| Ariddia | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Arkiasis | 1987 | 1993 | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |
| Asgarnieu | n/a | The Death Penalty is commonly used, see here. | ||
| Asyhlo AO | n/a | The death penalty is not a designated punishment for any crime, although it is not officially banned.[1] | ||
| Ausserland | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Balthorvia | n/a | The death penalty is retained for a variety of felonies, notably treason against the state | ||
| Baranxtu | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes by a federal law. Whereas the provinces of Abasina and Halaora have not formally abolished the death penalty, all convictions would automatically be overturned by the federal law. | |||
| Bettia | n/a | The death penalty is retained for murder and treason. | ||
| Biotopia | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Blatzania | n/a | The death penalty is retained for a variety of crimes. | ||
| Bleckonia | 1979 | 1984 | Abolished for ordinary crimes in 1980, abolished for all crimes in 1984. Before 1980, the death penalty was possible in cases of capital murder, treason, terrorism, espionage, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. After 1980, capital murder was removed from the list of crimes punishable by death (it is now called aggravated murder). The last person to be executed was John Barber, who was hanged for murder. In 1984, the death penalty was abolished for the rest of the crimes on the list. Death was carried out by long drop hanging. | |
| Boftie | 1908 | 1910 | ||
| Brachyuria | 2010 | n/a | The death penalty remains for severe cases of blasphemy, which in Brachyurian law means the deliberate killing of any species of crab or the willing and cognitive consumption of crab meat. Capital punishment was otherwise abolished in 2007 and blasphemy charges carry through to execution an average of once a decade. The method of execution is death by animals (giant land crabs), but has been put on hold since investigations in late 2010 over the emotional impact this public event has on the animals themselves. | |
| Brythonica | 1989 | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes since 1989. | ||
| Bubblekirby | The Death Penalty is used for murder, arson, terrorism and government curruption but is optional in each case except the latter were it is mandatory. Death is usually by lethal injection. | |||
| BushSucks-istan | 1908 | 1910 | ||
| Catalunya i Balears | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Ceorana | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Central and Eastern Visayas | Capital punishment is reserved for certain heinous crimes and is the maximum possible penalty for violations of international law under the appropriate penal code. Standard methods of execution are lethal injection and single gunshot. | |||
| Charlotte Ryberg | None since independence | 2041 | The Constitution of Charlotte Ryberg prohibits the use of the death penalty for all crimes. The most severe form of punishment remaining is de facto life in prison, if the offender remained a threat to the safety of the public or affected individuals. | |
| Cikoutimi | The Constitution of Cikoutimi abolishes all forms of capital punishment. | |||
| Civitas Americae | n/a | The death penalty is retained for a number of crimes. | ||
| Cookesland | The Death penalty is still reserved for treason, crimes against humanity and several other offenses. It is administered in a humane manner. Most other crimes are punished by marooning. | |||
| Copiosa Scotia | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Cortazur | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Costa Fiero | 2010 | N/A | The death penalty is retained for criminals who have attained more than one life scentence for the crimes of rape, murder and manslaughter. Treason also carries the death penalty. However, the death penalty is only optional in these cases. | |
| Darmen | n/a | The death penalty is retained for treason, crimes against humanity, murder, and rape. | ||
| Drachons | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Demphor | 2008 | The death penalty is only used when an assassin, lone gunman/woman or anarchist is captured in an attempt to kill the King of Demphor.
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| Ecopoeia | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Edward City | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Errinundera | 1941 | The death penalty was abolished in the wake of the 1905 Revolution however the puritanical government carried out many extra-judicial executions until the 1941 Liberation. Since then executions and prisons have been completely eschewed. | ||
| Eurasia | The death penalty is retained for treason, subversion, terrorism, and genocide. The death penalty is applied through the usage of firing squads. | |||
| Falastur | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Fbrenia | The country has had no government for several decades. In theory, the death penalty remains, but there is no working legal system to apply it. | |||
| Frangland | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes, but those convicted of "heinous crimes" are treated with extreme harshness. | |||
| Frenequesta | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Gervase | None since independence | N/A | The death penalty has never been applied in Gervase. | |
| Great-Bohemia | The death penalty is only practiced for very heinous crimes. | |||
| GroBdeutsches Reich | Death penalty was de facto abolished at the Großdeutsches Reich in July 2007, but is de jure legal. | |||
| Grosseschnauzer and the Schnauzerlands | The death penalty has not yet been applied as its use is limited to acts of mass terrorism, genocide, or political assassination of government officials. The Schnauzerlands include Grosseschnauzer, Kinderliebstadt, Neu Grosseschnauzer, Purple Schnauzers, the Schnauzer Dominions, the Schnauzer Homelands, and the Schnauzer States. In addition, the death penalty has to be administered in a "humane" manner, and there is uncertainty as to what methods can be legally considered as "humane." | |||
| Groot Gouda | The death penalty has been abolished since the formation of the People's Republic 200 years ago. | |||
| Hippostania | n/a | The death penalty exists but is rarely used used. Crimes that warrant the death penalty are assasination (attempt) on a high-ranking individual, violating the prohibition, terrorism and treason. | ||
| Iglesian Archipelago | 1917 | 1917 | The death penalty had been abolished by the First Republic between 1822 and 1863 for all crimes excluding wartime ones and it has been abolished since 1917 for all crimes without exception when the dictator Manuel Agreste was overthrown by a peaceful revolution. | |
| Imitora | n/a | The death penalty is retained. | ||
| Inutoland | n/a | The death penalty is retained for murder, treason and certain military offences such as desertion in the face of the enemy. It is applied sparingly. | ||
| Isam | n/a | The death penalty is retained for numerous crimes and offences. | ||
| Jey | The death penalty is abolished for the murder of every single citizen in the Allied Empire except one, the emperor. Assassination of the emperor, known as "empricide" is punishable by "intensified capital punishment." | |||
| Jonquiere-Tadoussac | n/a | The death penalty is retained for impaired driving causing death. | ||
| Jukraina | n/a | The death penalty is widely used. It is very popular penalty method. | ||
| Kahanistan | The death penalty is abolished for all crimes under Article 7 of the Constitution of Kahanistan. | |||
| Kalasion | In Kalasion, murder is punishable by death, but major crime rates in Kalasion are so low that only 8 executions have taken place. | |||
| Kanami | n/a | The death penalty is retained for a variety of crimes. | ||
| Kattaia | n/a | The death penalty is used for high treason and intentional murder of humans, cats and ring-tailed lemurs. Euthanasia is not considered a crime, however. | ||
| Keeslandia | The death penalty has not yet been applied in over 35 years as its use is limited to acts of premeditated mass murder, genocide, or political assassination of government officials. An unofficial moritorium on the use of the death penalty has been in place as declared by Emperor Ullr over the last 10 years. While still on the books, it would take an extraordinary act for it to be applied again and this would certainly not occur during the reign of our current Emperor. As the Emperor has put a moritorium on the practice, Parliament has not felt the need to address the matter. We'll see whether the issue will arise again when the next succession to the throne occurs. | |||
| Khazaron | n/a | The death penalty is retained for murder, treason and rape. The sentence is carried out immediately. | ||
| Khenas | The country of Khenas is in a state of political chaos, therefore without a constitution or an official stance on the death penalty. | |||
| Kington Langley | The death penalty has only been used once in Kington Langley when the former president was executed after his capture during the civil war. Now, the only crime that carries the death penalty is assassination of the monarch. | |||
| Koyro | 2012 | n/a | Koyro utilizes extensive use of the death penalty, primarily for political and counter-revolutionary crimes. The Offences of Rape, Murder, Treason, High Treason, Counter-Revolutionary Activity, Engaging in the Free-Market, subversive activites, distribution or posession of Anti-Party, Anti-Socialist or Anti-Revolutionary Propaganda, consumption of Anti-Party, Anti-Socialist or Anti-Revolutionary Propaganda etc. and many more carry the death penalty. | |
| Knootian Colombia | n/a | The death penalty is imposed for treason, first degree murder and illegal drug trafficking. 46 Colombians were executed last year, many of them after being convicted by military tribunals. | ||
| Knootoss | 1871 | 1873 | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. The Law of Knootoss allows for 20 year prison sentences or semi-indeterminate (life time) detention in a mental institution. | |
| Kurona | The death penalty is only practiced for very heinous crimes. Otherwise most prisoners are expelled to deserted islands where they can never harm society again. Such crimes that can yeild the death penalty include: Serial Rape, Attempted Murder of the Princess, and high treason. | |||
| Kingdom Of the Polar Bear | In aquordence with the constitution. It states that Capital Punishment shall only be implamented under the fallowing crimes.
1. Attempt or actual Assassination of a Government official (including the current leader), 2. 3ed degree murder, 3. Voluntary Manslaughter, 4. Molestation or Rape of a child, 5. Graphic murder of a Child or Minor under the age of 18, 6. Making Racist/Sexist remarks in public, 7. Treason, 8. Mass Murder, 9. Killing/Harming an Endangered Species, 10. Introducing an Invasive Species to the Ecosystem (on purpose) **, 11. Logging in National Parks/Forests**. 12. Animal/Child Abuse or violence twords others. in ANY way, shape, form (Child= Physical, Mental, Sexual, etc. Animal= Beating, Neglect, etc) If the convicted is found Guilty of any of the crimes listed above, He or She has the right to chose the execution method and the option if they want it to be public or not. These are there options. 1. Hanging, 2. Lethal Injection, 3. Electric Chair, 4. Firing Squad, 5. Guillotine, 6. Death by Polar Bear, 7. Crucifixion, 8. Burning at the Stake. 9. Gas Chamber (rarely used due to strong resemblance towards the Holocaust) 10. Beheading by sword. | |||
| Laiatan | 2012 | n/a | The death penalty is retained for most violent crimes and treason. Hanging, firing squad, the electric chair, and lethal injection are current execution methods used. | |
| Liverpool England (including Lox Land Island) | The death penalty has recently been re-legalised after 86 years of being illegal. However, it is only applied when an assassination attempt is involved. | |||
| Longfort | n/a | The death penalty is used in almost all crimes in one of the most shocking and oppressive countries in the World, if not the most. Sometimes, criminals (i.e. government opponents) are imprisoned and they're constantly suffering starving, torture, violence, overwork and several times they are immoveable for long periods of time, with interruptions for torture (i.e. flogging, electrocutation). The most common death penalties are electric chair, gas chamber, decapitation, dismemberment, hanging, stoning, impalement (rare nowadays), crucifixion (being rarer and rarer with the time, the rarest capital punishment in the country today), lethal injection and execution by firing squad, which are considered by Rede Solitária (an Iglesian non-profit organisation) one of the most horrendous forms of death penalty. See also: Human rights in Longfort. | ||
| Malabra | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. The harshest form of punishment remaining is life in prison. | |||
| Maraque | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. The harshest form of punishment remaining is life in prison. | |||
| Mikitivity | 1925 | Most cantons have abolished the death penalty, however, Aslan and Valitz cantons still have consistently voted against cantonal measures to absolish capital punishment even though it has not be exercised in either canton since 1925. | ||
| Minoa | 2041 | n/a | Empress Helena's objection to the death penalty amounts to a de facto moratorium on the death penalty for all crimes, in addition to the de jure abolition of the death penalty for civilian crimes under Charter of Minoa section 88 and the Criminal Justice Act 2038. There is currently a debate over complete abolition in the wake of the unrest and the mass terrorist attacks, carried out by an Army Corporal who was suffering from learning disabilities. See also: Capital Punishment in Minoa.[2] | |
| Mirkana | n/a | The death penalty is retained for a variety of crimes. | ||
| Namor | 2001 | N/A | The death penalty is used on the most serious of crimes, such as murder, rape, or mass treason. | |
| New Montreal States | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes, primarily for religious reasons. | |||
| North-West Ariddia | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Oliverry | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Omigodtheykilledkenny | n/a | Individual states retain the death penalty for capital crimes. It is also retained for serious federal offenses, including the murder or the intent to murder a federal officer, treason, mutiny, and terrorism. Being a Compliance Ministry gnome is a grave offense; violators are shot on sight, and the military hunts them for sport. For more information, disguise yourself as a gnome and try infiltrating the nation's borders. I dare you. | ||
| Otea | The death penalty officially still exists for a number of crimes, but it has not been applied for 29 years now. Whether or not it should be abolished in the new constitution is still under discussion. | |||
| Pacitalia | 2009 | 2009 | The death penalty has been abolished. | |
| Pantocratoria | The death penalty still exists, but can only be applied in the case of certain crimes, and even then, it is never mandatory. There hasn't been an execution in decades. | |||
| Parthia | n/a | The death penalty is retained for virtually all violent and political crimes. See here for additional information. | ||
| Pavonistade | 1827 | 1829 | The death penalty was in effect and use before the New Colonies/Pavonistade declared independence from Gingiegorda. | |
| Phing Phong | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes by Section II, Article I of the Millennial Constitution. | |||
| Pschycotic Pschycos | n/a | The death penalty is retained for a variety of crimes. | ||
| Quintessence of Dust | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Rejistania | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Rethymnon | The death penalty is retained for murder, treason, terrorism, psychotic evil. | |||
| Riqenia | 1923 | 1933 | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |
| Rolatia | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Saidercray | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Saliu | 2012 | Taking someone's life without their consent is illegal under the Constitution of Saliu. | ||
| San Adriano | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Sarleneska | 2011 | n/a | The death penalty is retained for murder, attempt to murder a state or public official, treason, terrorism, armed rebellion, and smuggling. | |
| Sarzonia | n/a | The death penalty is retained for first degree murder and treason. | ||
| Saterno | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Semirhage | The death penalty is an unstable issue until the new Constitution clarifies things. Due to the Great Purge over 10,000 Counter-Revolutionaries and Imperialists met their end by the guillotine. | |||
| Seven Castles | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Shivat | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Simtropia | 2013 | n/a | Simtropia actively uses the death penalty for many crimes, often without a fair trial. The Federal Criminal Code only mandates the death penalty for: crimes against humanity, manslaughter, murder, pedophillia, serial rape, treason and war crimes. However, many states abuse the criminal code to mandate the penalty for other crimes, such as drug trafficking and even exposure of state or company secrets, while giving those liable to the death penalty lenient sentences. See also: Capital Punishment in Simtropia. | |
| Sondstead | 1963 | n/a | Abolished for all peacetime crimes in 1962 but not applied retroactively. Execution of military members convicted of war crimes or treason during a war remains legal, but no military execution has been carried out since 1918 and any death sentence may not be politically feasible due to Sondsteadish popular opinion. Legal scholars have also debated the meaning of "Wartime" in the 1962 law, and it is likely that the courts would rule that only under a parliamentary declaration of war could any execution be carried out. The method prescribed for military executions is a firing squad. | |
| Spain | 1977 | The death penalty was abolished in 1977 for all crimes. | ||
| Stolidia | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Suidwes-Afrika | 2012 | N/A | Capital punishment de jure utilised for select instances of murder, political conspiracy, drug or arms trafficking, and sexual deviation. De facto death penalty in frequent (unofficial) use. | |
| Swilatia | 1826 | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes | ||
| Syskeyia | n/a | The death penalty is retained for a variety of crimes. | ||
| Tedoka | Never | Death penalty is prescribed only for war crimes and foreign espionage. Never used. | ||
| The Freethinkers | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| The Islands of Qutar | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| the Resurgent Dream | n/a | The death penalty is used as a punishment for treason, espionage, and particularly heinous murders. | ||
| Tika Vanu | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes, following a ruling by the country's religious high courts, which proclaimed that the death penalty was "contrary to the sacred commands of our Christian God". | |||
| Torregal | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes and the nation offers refuge to any person sentenced to die in any other nation. | |||
| Tresthyr | 798 AS | 801 AS | The death penalty was abolished for all crimes as a part of the imperial reforms of Hénri VII. | |
| Tropical Isles | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Tulija | 1940 | 1940 | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. Last use was in the Counter Revolution. | |
| TurtleShroom | 2012 | n/a | TurtleShroom maintains extensive use of the death penalty. Execution in the civil courts is performed by hanging, the electric chair, and lethal injection. Burning at the stake and stoning remain on the books, but the former hasn't been used since the nineteenth century, and the later has never been issued, but, in theory, both could still be utilized. Gas chambers, coup d'grace, and firing squads have been considered for legalization as means of execution, but these never pass Congress. The military of TurtleShroom's only means of execution is hanging. TurtleShroom authorizes the death penalty for intentional murder, forcible rape, human trafficking, genocide, aircraft hijacking, non-govermental possession of a weapon of mass destruction, pedophillia, molestation, beastiality, high treason, leading a mafia/mob/crime syndicate or drug organization or cartel, "extreme" drug trafficking/selling, and breaking out of prison. | |
| United Island Empires | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes as part of the Incorporation Act. | |||
 Tuthina
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Death penalty is regularly used for many of the more serious crimes, such as murder and disrespect towards the emperor, although theoretically it can be applied for any crime by the judges. However, unless the continued survival of the individual is considered to be hazardous to the entire realm, all executions have to be personally approved by the emperor or his designated officers. The emperor has the authority to waive any and all punishments at his pleasure. | |||
| Valberg | 1992 | n/a | The death penalty is retained for high treason, terrorism and heinous murder. However the death sentence is rarely applied, and hasn't been used since 1992. | |
| Valcluse | 1980 | n/a | The death penalty in Valcluse was restricted in usage for civilian crimes in 1960 under the Capital Punishment Act which stated that the death penalty may only be applied in the most exceptional of circumstances. Judges are discouraged from using the death penalty in murder cases where it is considered not severe enough to be applicable. The death penalty remains legal in the military justice system but is also discouraged from application. | |
| Valeneska | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Vekaiyu | n/a | The death penalty is retained and has traditionally been at the digression of the courts, but this is currently being changed as the Kivreskov works to establish guidelines. | ||
| Verdeguay | n/a | The death penalty is retained for treason, espionage, terrorism, murder, and drug smuggling, but is rarely applied in practice. Most of the aforementioned crimes are usually punished by a lengthy jail sentence of 10-15 years or more. | ||
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2012 | n/a | The death penalty is retained for the most violent crimes and treason. Hanging, firing squad, the electric chair, and lethal injection are current execution methods used. The guillotine is still used in nine of the twenty-eight Vulshainian Provinces. Death by flash-freezing through the use of liquid nitrogen is still being debated by the courts and has not been used yet. | |
| Wailele Island | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| West Ariddia | The death penalty has not been abolished, but is never applied. In theory, it is still applicable to murder and high treason. | |||
| Wijaska Island | 1963 | The death penalty is still oficially a legal form of punishment for treason and mass murder, although there have not been any executions since 1963. | ||
| Xanthal | n/a | Federal law allows the death penalty for heinous crimes or after repeated infractions of a less serious nature. State laws are as follows: Shinra has abolished the death penalty, Trasnia retains the death penalty for violent offenders, Mirfak and Than apply the death penalty to criminals that are judged non-rehabilitatable. | ||
| Xirnium | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Yakers Mekers | n/a | Death penalty is used in very extreme situations, when people commit hedious crimes, and when is proved without any doubt the identity of the criminals. | ||
 YellowApple, Inc.
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2194 | While capital punishment has not been formally abolished, it has not been utilized since Amarillo Manzano's term as Administrator. | ||
| Zaire | n/a | The death penalty is used as a punishment for the following crimes: treason, espionage, first-degree murder, rape, witchcraft, drug trafficking, charlatanism, assassination, terrorism, armed robbery, kidnapping, and sabotage. It is also used for the following military crimes: Desertion, mutiny, defection, and war crimes. The typical method used for executions is hanging. Interestingly, most people who are sentenced to death are those who commit political crimes; those who commit non-political crimes often receive only light punishments. The number of executions that takes place annually is difficult to verify, in particular due to the number of people who are extrajudicially executed or forcibly "disappeared." See also: Human Rights in Zaire | ||
| Zairoon | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. | |||
| Zokoria | 2013 | N/A | Most crimes in Zokoria are punishable by death penalty, and it is used widely. The most common execution method is the firing squad, followed by the gas chamber. Lethal injection, however, will be adopted by 2015. | |
| Zwangzug | The death penalty has been abolished for all crimes. |
Notes
- ↑ For the country to be considered abolitionist for all crimes, the ban on the death penalty must be passed into law.
- ↑ For the country to be considered abolitionist for all crimes, Empress Helena's ongoing moratorium for all crimes must actually be ratified into law.
International law
The United Nations (2002-08) attempted to standardize death penalty laws within UN member states with only a few resolutions. The resolutions that have attempted to ban capital punish and adopt an abolitionist stance have been defeated. The Fair Sentencing Act reserved the right of UN members to set their own sentencing standards, and supported neither the pro- or anti- death penalty position. Right to Refuse Extradition allowed nations to refuse to extradite any criminal they believed would be subject to the death penalty in the nation requesting extradition. These resolutions are no longer in effect.
Since the UN's disbandment in 2008, the succeeding World Assembly has specific laws regarding the death penalty under the Convention on Execution. Other provisions include a fair-trial resolution that effectively forbids summary executions.
