Use of capital punishment worldwide

At one time capital punishment was used in almost every part of the globe; but over the last few decades many countries have abolished it. Amnesty International classifies countries in four categories. 71 countries still maintain the death penalty in both law and practice. 87 countries have abolished it completely; 11 retain it, but only for crimes committed in exceptional circumstances (such as crimes committed in time of war). 27 other countries maintain laws permitting the use of the death penalty for ordinary crimes, but have allowed the death penalty to fall into disuse for at least 10 years. Finally, it is not unknown for countries to practise extrajudicial execution sporadically or systematically outside their own formal legal frameworks.

This list includes several unrecognized states with de facto control over their territory.

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List of countries by status of capital punishment

Africa

Yes; not used in practice No Yes; not used in practice || 1987 || 0 || armed robbery ^(PDF); Murder ^{traffickers involved in "labor exploitation" ^{[http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2004/41588.htm}} || Yes || 19 September 2003^{|| 0 || Murder; Treason; Attempt on the life of the head of state; Mutiny; Desertion in the face of the enemy ^{[http://www.handsoffcain.org/bancadati/schedastato.php?idcontinente=25&nome=botswana}} || Yes; not used in practice || 1988 || 0 || Treason ^{^*} || Yes || 2000 or later ^{|| 0 || Murder ^{[http://www.santegidio.org/pdm/news2002/28_06_02_b.htm}} || Yes No Yes; not used in practice Yes Yes Yes Yes; not used in practice No No Yes || 2004 or later || 6 || Rape, only if accompanied by kidnapping of the victim. Murder. Treason. Organized Drug Trafficking. Yes || || 0 || || Yes || || 0 || || Yes || || 0 || || Yes || 1981 ^{^*} || 0 || || Yes; not used in practice || 1981 || 0 || Treason || 1993 but was reinstated by Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council in August 1995 ^{^*} Yes || 1993 ^{|| 0 || Murder; Treason; Armed robbery ^{[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR050032003}} || No || 1986 Yes || 2001 ^{^*} || 0 || Murder || Yes; not used in practice || 1984 || 0 || Murder and armed robbery ^{^*} || Yes || || 0 || || No Yes || 2005 ^{|| 0 || High treason; attempt to forcibly change the form of government; premeditated murder ^{[http://www.bta.bg/site/libya/en/07courtsystem.htm}} || Yes; not used in practice || 1958 || 0 || || Yes || 1992 ^{^*} || 0 || || Yes; not used in practice || 1980 || 0 || || Yes; not used in practice || 1987 || 0 || Sodomy^{Apostasy ^{[http://www.barnabasfund.org/Apostasy/Conversion_Means_Death.htm} (Although apostasy is a capital offense there are no recorded executions for it).} No Yes; not used in practice || 1993 || 0 || Terrorism^{^*} || No || 1986 No || 1988 Yes; not used in practice || 1976 || 0 || || Yes || 2001 ^{|| 0 || Sodomy ^{[http://www.sodomylaws.org/world/nigeria/nigeria.htm}}. Each of the 36 states have their own laws. In the north of the country the legal system used is Sharia (Islamic law) Yes || 1998 ^{|| 0 || Genocide ^{[http://web.amnesty.org/report2004/rwa-summary-eng} ||} No || None since independence No || 1967 No || None since independence Yes || 1998 || 0 || Treason ^{Murder; Aggravated robbery. Under the Special Court for Sierra Leone the death penalty is not a punishment for war crimes ^{[http://www.handsoffcain.org/bancadati/schedastato.php?idstato=6000481&idcontinente=25}} Yes || 2 May 2006^{|| 4 ^{[http://www.handsoffcain.org/bancadati/schedastato.php?idcontinente=13&nome=somalia}} || After the breakdown of de jure government, most regions reverted to Islamic law || Yes || || || || No || 31 January 1991^{^*} Yes || 2004 ^{|| 2 || Sodomy ^*};" target="_blank" >Apostasy ^{^*}|| Yes; not used in practice || 1983 ^{|| 0 || Murder ^*} || Yes || 1994 || 0 || Murder; Treason ^{^*} || Yes; not used in practice || 1978 ^{|| 0 || Premeditated murder; plots against the security of the State ^{[http://www.handsoffcain.org/bancadati/schedastato.php?idcontinente=25&nome=togo}} || Yes; not used in practice || 1991 || 0 || Murder; violence and aggression; attacks against the internal security of the State; attacks against the external security of the State ^{^*} || Yes Yes || || || || Yes || 1997 || 0 || 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." ^{^*} Yes || June 2003 ^{|| 0 || Treason; Murder; Mutiny ^{[http://www.handsoffcain.org/bancadati/schedastato.php?idcontinente=25&nome=zimbabwe}} ||

Country	Capital Punishment?	Last Execution	Number executed (2004)	Crimes Eligible for Capital Punishment/Notes
Algeria	August 1993	0	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
Angola				1992; Prohibited by Constitution
Cameroon	January 1997 ^{^*}	0	Secession; espionage; incitement to war ^{^*}
Cape Verde	1835			1981; Prohibited by Constitution
Central African Republic	1981	0	Treason; espionage; charlatanism; witchcraft; assassination; murder ^{^*}
Chad	2003 ^{^*}	0	Murder
Comoros	1996 or later ^{^*}	0
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2003 ^{^*}	0
Republic of the Congo	1982	0
Côte d'Ivoire	None since independence ^{^*}			2000
Djibouti	None since independence			1995
		1993; Prohibited by Constitution
Liberia	1995 ^{^*}			September 16, 2005; Liberia acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, completely abolishing the death penalty

Mauritius	1987			1995
		1990; Prohibited by Constitution
		1990; Prohibited by Constitution
		1990; Prohibited by Constitution
		10 December 2004
		1993; Prohibited by Constitution

		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.
Uganda	2003 ^{^*}	0	Treason; Terrorism; Murder ^{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. ^{[http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/35024160952b1236b73e919e73f86417.htm}}

Asia

Yes No No Yes Yes No || 1974 ^{^*} Yes; not used in practice || 1957 || 0 || Murder; unlawful possession of firearms and explosives ^{possession of heroin, ecstasy and morphine derivatives 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 ^{[http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1073.html}} || No Yes Embezzlement ^{Rape of children ^*};" target="_blank" >Bombing ^{^*};" target="_blank" >Piracy; Theft ^{^*};" target="_blank" >Murder; "Endangering national security"; Terrorism ^{[http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engasa170032004} (see Capital punishment in the People's Republic of China) Yes Yes; not used in practice No No || 1966 Yes || August 14, 2004^{^*} || 1 || Murder, instigating a child's suicide, treason, acts of terrorism, or a second conviction for drug trafficking. For more information see Capital punishment in India Yes || 2005 ^{|| 3 || Drug trafficking ^{[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT500012005?open&of=ENG-AFG}} || Yes || 2006 ^{^*}" target="_blank" >|| Sodomy ^{^*};" target="_blank" >Terrorism ^{^*};" target="_blank" >Kidnapping & rape ^{^*};" target="_blank" >Apostasy ^{[http://www.barnabasfund.org/Apostasy/Conversion_Means_Death.htm} || Yes || September 1 2005^{|| 0 || murder; endangering national security; distributing drugs; rape; attacks on transport convoys; financing and execution of terrorism ^*} || Suspended in April 2003 after 2003 invasion; reinstated August 2004 Only for exceptional crimes || 1962 || 0 || Crimes Against Humanity ^{^*}, high treason || Abolished for other crimes in 1954; only one execution (Adolf Eichmann). Targeted political assassinations occasionally do take place, but not listed as part of death penalty. Yes || September 16 2005^{|| 2 || Prosecutors only push for the death penalty in the case of multiple murders, or if a single murder with aggravating circumstances. ^{[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A11306-2005Jan15?language=printer}} 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. 40 months from 1989 to 1993 the successive ministers of justice refused to authorise exectutions, which amounted to informal moratorium. Yes || 2005 ^{|| 1 ^*} || Yes || 2003 ^{|| 0 || murder with aggravating circumstances; terrorism; attempt on the life of a person administering justice or preliminary investigations; attempt on the life of the president; state treason; sabotage; planning, preparation, or conduct of aggressive war; use of prohibited means and methods of conducting war; genocide; and mercenary participation in armed conflict ^{[http://www.legislationline.org/index.php?country=42&org=0&eu=0&topic=8}} || moratorium since 17 December, 2003 Yes || 2005 ^{|| probably 40+ || Plots against national sovereignty; terrorism ; treason against the Motherland by citizens; treason against the people; murder ^{[http://www.photius.com/countries/korea_north/government/korea_north_government_the_judiciary.html}} || Yes; not used in practice || 1997 ^{|| 0 || Murder President Kim Dae-jung took office in February 1998^{[http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/document.do?id=80256DD400782B8480256FE80042AACA" target="_blank" >^*}} Yes || 2005 ^{|| 9 || Drugs Trafficking; Rape & Murder ^{[http://www.richard.clark32.btinternet.co.uk/june02.html}} || Yes || || 0 || murder; rape of a female minor; genocide ^{^*} || President Aksar Akayev extended a moratorium in January 2004 that has been in place since 1998 Yes || 1989 ^{|| 0 || drugs trafficking ^{[http://web.amnesty.org/report2003/Lao-summary-eng}} || Yes || 2004 || 3 || Murder ^{^*} || No || || - || || Death penalty and life imprisonment remain legally prohibited. The maximum possible sentence is imprisonment for 30 years. Yes || 2001 ^{|| 0 || 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 ^{[http://www.aliran.com/monthly/2003/6k.html} ||} Yes; not used in practice || 1952 || 0 || Murder ^{^*} || Yes || || || 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 ^{^*} Yes; not used in practice || 1993 || 0 || high treason ^{^*} || Yes; not used in practice || Never || 0 || || de facto moratorium on executions since 1997 ^{^*} No || 1979|| - || || Abolished in 1997; Prohibited by Constitution Yes || 2001 ^{|| 0 || Murder; Drug trafficking ^{[http://web.amnesty.org/web/ar2002.nsf/mde/oman}} || Yes || 2005 ^{|| 15 || Murder ^*};" target="_blank" >Gang rape; Mutiny ^{[http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20041221-072630-7729r.htm} || Yes || 2005 ^{^*}" target="_blank" >|| 0 || Murder; Rape; Collaborating with Israeli forces to assassinate Palestinians ^{[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0504/S00011.htm} || There had been an unofficial moratorium since 2002 after President Yasser Arafat stopped authorising executions. No || 2000 || 0 || - || Abolished in 1987 under the present constititution, re-introduced in 1993, re-abolished on June 24, 2006 under Republic Act No. 9346. Yes || 2001 || 0 || Espionage ^{Threat to national security ^*} || Although apostasy is a capital offense there are no recorded executions for it Yes || 2005 ^{^*} || Method most often used is beheading by a sword Yes || 2005 || 6 || murder, kidnapping, treason, certain firearm offences, trafficking in more than 15 grams (half an ounce) of heroin, 30 grams of cocaine or 500 grams of cannabis ^{^*} || See capital punishment in Singapore Yes; not used in practice || June 23, 1976 || 0 || murder, Perjury causing an innocent person to be executed, rape, drug trafficking || moratorium from 1976 to 2003; reinstated in 2004 Yes || 2004 ^{|| 2 || 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 ^{[http://www.handsoffcain.org/bancadati/schedastato.php?idcontinente=23&nome=syria} ||} Yes || 2004 || 4 || murder with aggravating circumstances; rape with aggravating circumstances; terrorism; biocide; genocide ^{^*} || Moratorium introduced 30 April, 2004 by President Emomali Rahmonov Yes || December 12, 2003^{|| 0 || Offenses include Regicide; Sedition or Rebellion; Offences committed against the external security of Thailand; Murder or attempted murder of a foreign head of state; Bribery; Arson; Rape; Murder with intent; Kidnapping; Robbery resulting in death. For a full list see [http://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/Thailand411-2.pdf here (PDF) ||} No || 25 October 1984 || - || || Abolished completely July 21, 2004; Prohibited by Constitution No || || - || || Abolished in 1999; Prohibited by Constitution Yes Yes Yes Yes || 2005 ^{|| 6 || Murder ^*};" target="_blank" >homosexuality ^{^*};" target="_blank" >Apostasy ^{[http://www.barnabasfund.org/Apostasy/Conversion_Means_Death.htm} || Although apostasy is a capital offense there are no recorded executions for it

Country	Death Penalty?	Last Execution	Number executed (2004)	Crimes Eligible for Death Penalty	Abolished in
Afghanistan	April 20, 2004 ^{^{[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA110072004?open&of=ENG-392}}	1	Murder; child smuggling in order to use the victim's body parts; Apostasy (see Abdul Rahman (convert)
Armenia	1991 ^{^*}			2003
Azerbaijan	1992 ^{^*}			1998
Bahrain	2000	0	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 state
Bangladesh	2005 ^{^*}	7	Murder ^{drug offences ^*}
		2004
Cambodia				1989; Prohibited by Constitution
People's Republic of China (Mainland China)	2005	3,400		(The two special administrative regions, namely Hong Kong and Macau, have abolished death penalty.)
Taiwan (Republic of China)	2005 ^{^*}	3^{^*}	Under military law: treason; espionage; desertion; disobeying orders; hijacking; ^{Under common law: Treason, espionage, murder, aggravated robbery(robbery with murder, rape, or arson), drug or firearm trafficking, piracy, kidnapping, hijacking, counterfeiting ^{[http://web.amnesty.org/report2004/twn-summary-eng}}	Since 2004, most death sentences have been informally given moratorium by President Chen Shui-bian except serious murders
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	Never	0	Treason during wartime, acts of terrorism and piracy jure gentium, and for repeated murders ^{^*}
East Timor				1999
		1993 when it was under British rule, and remains so after the handover to the People's Republic of China.
					Notes
United Arab Emirates	2002 ^{^*}	0	Murder; Drug offences ^{homosexuality ^*};" target="_blank" >Rape; Treason; Aggravated robbery; Apostasy; Environmental pollution; Terrorism ^{[http://www.handsoffcain.org/bancadati/schedastato.php?idstato=6000495&idcontinente=23}
Uzbekistan	2005 ^{^*}	62	Murder with aggravating circumstances; Terrorism ^{Genocide; Crimes of aggression ^{[http://www.handsoffcain.org/bancadati/schedastato.php?idcontinente=23&nome=uzbekistan}}	President Islam Karimov signed a decree on 1 August 2005 to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment by 2008 ^{^*}
Vietnam	2005 ^{^*}	64	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 ^{^*}

Europe

Yes; not used in practice Only for exceptional crimes No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes; not used in practice No No No No Yes; not used in practice || Never || 0 || premeditated murder with aggravating circumstances; assassination attempt against a state or public figure; assassination attempt against a person administering justice or conducting a preliminary investigation; assassination attempt against a law enforcement officer; genocide. De facto moratorium since 1996 No No No Yes; not used in practice || never || 0 || 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 No No No

Country	Death Penalty?	Last Execution	Number executed (2004)	Crimes Eligible for Death Penalty/Notes
Abkhazia	Never	0	treason; espionage; act of terrorism; act of terrorism against a representative of a foreign state; subversive activity; banditry and actions to disorganize the functioning of penitentiary institutions; aggravated murder; rape ^{Moratorium since 1993 ^{[http://www.handsoffcain.org/bancadati/schedastato.php?idstato=6000038&idcontinente=20}}
Albania	1995 ^{^*}	0	serious crimes committed in wartime or during a state of emergency ^{For a full list see [http://www.legislationline.org/view.php?document=61606 here}	2000 (for other crimes)
Andorra	1943			1990; Prohibited by Constitution
Austria	1950			1968; Prohibited by Constitution
Belarus	2004	5	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 ^{^*} (see Capital punishment in Belarus)
Belgium	1950			1996; Prohibited by Constitution
Bosnia-Herzegovina	1997			2001
Bulgaria	1989			1998
Croatia	1973 ^{^*}			1990; Prohibited by Constitution
Cyprus	1962			2002
Czech Republic	1989			1990 as part of Czechoslovakia; Prohibited by Constitution. For more info see Capital punishment in the Czech Republic.
Denmark	1950			1978
Estonia	1991			1998
Finland	1944			1972; Prohibited by Constitution
France	1977			1981
Georgia	1995 ^{^*}			1997
Germany	none by authorities of the FRG			1949 (FRG)/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.
Greece	1972			2004
Hungary	1988			1990
Iceland	1830			Abolished in 1928 reintroduction made unconstitutional in 1995 by unanimous vote of parliament
Republic of Ireland	1954			Abolished in law in 1990; 21st Amendment to the Constitution (2001) made reintroduction unconstitutional without a further constitutional amendment (and referendum). Until recently it was still technically lawful to kill the murderer of a Garda Siochana, however in practise this never occurred, likely due to widespread moral objection.
Italy	1947			Abolished, except in time of war, in 1948 (by the Constitution). Abolished for all crimes in 1994.
Kosovo				Abolished in 1999 under UN administration ^{^*}
Latvia	1996			Abolished in 1998
Liechtenstein	1785			Abolished in 1987
Lithuania	1995			Abolished in 1998
Luxembourg	1949			Abolished in 1979; Prohibited by Constitution
Republic of Macedonia	1988 ^{^*}			Abolished in 1991; Prohibited by Constitution
Malta	1943			Abolished in 2000
Moldova	1985 ^{^*}			Abolished in 1995. On September 23 2005 the Moldovan Constitutional Court approved constitutional amendments that explicitly abolished the death penalty^{^*}.
Monaco	1847			Abolished in 1962; Prohibited by Constitution
Netherlands	1952			Abolished in 1982; Prohibited by Constitution
Norway	1948			Abolished in 1979
Poland	1988			Abolished in 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).^{^*}
Portugal	1849			Abolished in 1867, except in time of war. full abolition in 1976; explicitly prohibited by Constitution
Romania	1989			Abolished in 1990 ^{^*}; Prohibited by Constitution
Russian Federation	1999	0	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 ^{^*}	On 16 April, 1997 Russia signed the Sixth Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights, but the has yet to ratify it. There has been a moratorium on executions since 1996; No executions in Russian Federation August 1996, though one took place in 1999 in Chechen Republic
San Marino	1468			Abolished in 1865
Serbia	1992			Abolished in 1995 on Federal level, local legislation adjusted in 2002 ^{^*}
Slovakia	1989			Abolished in 1990 as part of Czechoslovakia; Prohibited by Constitution
Slovenia	1957			Abolished in 1989; Prohibited by Constitution

Spain	27 September 1975			Abolished in 1978 by constitution except for military laws during war times. Completely abolished in 1995, even in war times (not by constitution). Last executions: 27 September 1975, five, by firing squad.
Sweden	1910 - Alfred Ander			Abolished completely in 1972; Prohibited by Constitution
Switzerland	1944			Abolished in 1992

Ukraine	March 1997 ^{^*}			February 2000 after Ukraine Constitutional Court ruled the death penalty was unconstitutional in December 1999. New criminal code passed in April 2001 ^{^*}.
United Kingdom	13 August, 1964			1998 - Completely abolished 2003 in line with Human Rights Act (1998); For more information see Capital punishment in the United Kingdom
Vatican City	July 9, 1870 (Papal States^{^*})			1969

North America, Caribbean

Yes Yes Yes Yes; not used in practice || June 1985 ^{|| 0 || murder, except where extenuating circumstances can be proved ^{[http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAMR160022001?open&of=ENG-BLZ}} || No || 1977 No No Yes Yes No Only for exceptional crimes Yes; not used in practice || 1978 || 0 || || Yes || 1998 or later ^{^*} || 0 || || No || 1972 No || 1940 Yes || 2003 ^{|| 0 || Murder ^{[http://www.santegidio.org/pdm/news2004/pdm20040717_b.htm}} || No No No Yes || July 20, 1998 || 0 || Murder ^{^*} || Yes || 17 October, 1995 || 0 || Murder; Treason ^{^*} || Yes || February 13, 1995 || 0 || Murder; Treason ^{^*} || Yes || July 28, 1999^{|| 0 || Murder; Treason ^{[http://www.un.org/Docs/journal/asp/ws.asp?m=E/2005/3}} || No Yes

Country	Death Penalty?	Last Execution	Number executed (2004)	Crimes Eligible for Death Penalty/Notes
Antigua and Barbuda	February 2, 1991 ^{^{[http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/ENGAMR580012000?open&of=ENG-ATG}}	0	Murder
Bahamas	January 6, 2000	0	Treason; Piracy; Murder ^{^*}
Barbados	10 October 1984 ^{^*}	0	Murder; Treason ^{^*}
		2000
Canada	11 December 1962			July 14, 1976 from the Canadian Criminal Code; removed from National Defence Act on 10 December 1998; For more information see Capital punishment in Canada
Costa Rica	1859 ^{^*}			1877; Prohibited by Constitution
Cuba	2003	0	Hijacking ^{^*};" target="_blank" >crimes against state security; murder ^{[http://www.cubanet.org/CNews/y02/dec02/05e5.htm}
Dominica		0
Dominican Republic				1966; Prohibited by Constitution
El Salvador	1973	0	The death penalty may be imposed only in cases provided by military laws during a state of international war ^{^*}	1983 (for other crimes)
		1987; Prohibited by Constitution
		1956; Prohibited by Constitution
Mexico	1937			2005
Nicaragua	1930			1979; Prohibited by Constitution
Panama	1903			1903; Prohibited by Constitution
Turks and Caicos Islands				2002 ^(PDF)
United States	June 27, 2006 ^{^*}	59	Although legally a punishment of several crimes, it has not been applied for any crime other than murder or conspiracy to murder since 1964. It is now only used in cases of murder accompanied by previously identified special circumstances (e.g., murder and rape, murder and kidnapping, etc.) Some states also provide it for some cases of sexual assault especially sex crimes against children (i.e statutory rape, sexual assault against a minor). Federal law provides the death penalty for trafficking large quantities of drugs ^*. The sentence must be handed down by a jury, not by a judge alone; the jury must hand down the sentence at the conclusion of a separate penalty phase of the trial (at least implying the jurors who sentence the person to death were the same jurors who convicted him or her of the crime). For more information see Capital punishment in the United States	Various, depending on state; earliest was Michigan in 1846

Oceania

No Yes; not used in practice Only for exceptional crimes || 1964 || 0 || Only for crimes under the Republic of Fiji Military Forces Act ||1979 (for other crimes) No No No Yes; not used in practice No No No Yes; not used in practice No No Yes; not used in practice No No

Country	Death Penalty?	Last Execution	Number executed (2004)	Crimes Eligible for Death Penalty
Australia	February 3, 1967 ^{^*}			Queensland in 1922, Tasmania in 1968, the Commonwealth in 1973, Northern Territory in 1973, Victoria in 1975, South Australia in 1976, ACT in 1983, Western Australia in 1984, and New South Wales in 1985.
Cook Islands		0	Treason ^{^*}
Kiribati	none since independence			1979
Marshall Islands	none since indepedence			1986; Prohibited by Constitution
Federated States of Micronesia	none since independence			1986; Prohibited by Constitution
Nauru	none since indepedence in 1968	0	Treason; Piracy; Murder ^{^*}
New Zealand	17 February, 1957			1989; For more information see Capital punishment in New Zealand
Niue
Palau	none since indepedence			probably 1994
Papua New Guinea	1950	0	Treason; Piracy; Attempted piracy; wilful murder ^{^*}
Samoa	1950s			21 January 2004 ^{^{[http://www.paclii.org/ws/legis/num_act/codpaa2004388/}}
Solomon Islands	never			1978 ^{^*}
Tonga	1982	0	Treason; Murder ^{^*}
Tuvalu	none since independence			1978
Vanuatu	none since independence			1980

South America

Only for exceptional crimes Only for exceptional crimes || 1974 || 0 || ||1997 (for other crimes) Only for exceptional crimes || 1855 || 0 || "serious crime of a military nature committed during wartime" ^{^*} ||1979 (for other crimes) Only for exceptional crimes No No Yes || || 0 || terrorist acts ^{^*} || No Only for exceptional crimes || 1979 || 0 || Treason in time of war; Terrorism ^{^*} || Abolished for other crimes in 1979 Yes; not used in practice || 1982 || 0 || aggravated murder; premeditated murder; treason ^{^*} || No No

Country	Death Penalty?	Last Execution	Number executed (2004)	Crimes Eligible for Death Penalty
Argentina	1916 ^{^*}	0		1984 (for other crimes); Constitution states "The penalty of death for political offences, all kinds of torture, and flogging, are forever abolished."
Chile	1985	0	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 1982.	2001 (for other crimes)
Colombia	1909			1910; Prohibited by Constitution
Ecuador				1906; Prohibited by Constitution
Paraguay	1928			Abolished in 1992; Prohibited by Constitution
Uruguay	1905 ^{^*}			1907; Prohibited by Constitution
Venezuela				1863; Prohibited by Constitution

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