Capital punishment in the Republic of Ireland was abolished in statute law in 1990, having been abolished in 1964 for most offences including ordinary...
83 KB (8,547 words) - 16:04, 26 September 2024
Capital punishment in the United Kingdom predates the formation of the UK, having been used in Britain and Ireland from ancient times until the second...
92 KB (11,561 words) - 18:52, 16 October 2024
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for...
197 KB (19,921 words) - 23:28, 8 October 2024
Capital punishment, also called the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as a punishment for a crime. It has historically been used...
261 KB (10,576 words) - 01:52, 20 October 2024
Capital punishment in Australia has been abolished in all jurisdictions since 1985. Queensland abolished the death penalty in 1922. Tasmania did the same...
35 KB (3,820 words) - 20:35, 29 September 2024
original sense, capital murder was a statutory offence of aggravated murder in Great Britain, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland, which was later...
21 KB (2,551 words) - 12:34, 2 July 2024
Capital punishment has been completely abolished in all European countries except for Belarus and Russia, the latter of which has a moratorium and has...
34 KB (2,534 words) - 09:51, 8 September 2024
In the United States, capital punishment (also known as the death penalty) is a legal penalty in 27 states, throughout the country at the federal level...
201 KB (20,741 words) - 02:36, 2 November 2024
states in the United States to abolish capital punishment, having abolished it for all crimes in 1852. The death penalty was reintroduced in 1872, but...
7 KB (728 words) - 09:11, 23 October 2024
Capital punishment in Hawaii ended in 1957 when it was still an organized incorporated territory of the United States. About 75 people were executed by...
11 KB (722 words) - 02:31, 5 October 2024