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This is a list of the most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries. Extrajudicial executions and killings are not included. Executions performed in the territory of a current nation when it was a colony or before the nation gained independence are not included. The colours on the map correspond to and have the same meanings as the colours in the charts.

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Africa

# Country Last execution date Name Crime Method
C  Algeria 1993-08[1] 7 Islamists terrorism
A  Angola 0000-00-00 never used[2]
C  Benin 1987-09-23[3] murder
D  Botswana 2009-12-18[4] Gerald Dube murder hanging
C  Burkina Faso 1988[3] murder
A  Burundi 2000[5] 2 soldiers murder
C  Cameroon 1997-01[6] unnamed man hanging
C  Cape Verde 0000-00-00 never used[3]
C  Central African Republic 1981[7]
D  Chad 2003[8]
C  Comoros 1997[9]
D  DR Congo 2006-01-09[10] unnamed soldier murder firearm
C  Congo 1982-10[11] 2 men murder firing squad
A  Ivory Coast 0000-00-00 none since independence (1960-08-07)[3]
A  Djibouti 0000-00-00 none since independence (1977-06-27)[12]
D  Egypt 2010-03-10[13] Atef Rohyum Abd El Al Rohyum and Jihan Mohammed Ali murder hanging
D  Equatorial Guinea 2007[14]
C  Eritrea
D  Ethiopia 2007-08-06[15] Major Tsehaye Woldesellasie murder firearm
C  Gabon 1981[16] firing squad
C  Gambia 1981-09-30[6] Mustapha Danso murder
C  Ghana 1993-07-12[6] 12 men murder and robbery firearm
D  Guinea 2001-04-21[3][17] 3 people robbery firearm
A  Guinea-Bissau 1986[18]
C  Kenya 1987-07-09[6] Hezekiah Ochuka and Pancras Oteyo Okumu treason hanging
C  Lesotho 1984[6] 6 people treason
A  Liberia 1995-11[3] 7 commanders of the Conseil de paix au Libéria war crimes firearm
D  Libya 2010-05-30[19] 18 unnamed men murder firearm
C  Madagascar 0000-00-00 none since independence (1960-06-26)[20]
C  Malawi 1992-09-26[6][21] hanging
C  Mali 1980-08-21[3][22] Mamadou Keita and Karuba Coulibaly murder firearm
C  Mauritania 1987[3] 3 armed forces officers treason
A  Mauritius 1987-10-10[6] Eshan Nayeck murder hanging
C  Morocco 1993[23] Mohammed Tabet rape
A  Mozambique 1986-05[6]
A  Namibia 1988-05[6] Sagarias Ariseb murder hanging
C  Niger 1976[3] Bayéré Moussa, Sidi Mohamed, and Ahmed Mouddour treason
D  Nigeria 2006[24] hanging
A  Rwanda 1998-04-24[25] Froduald Karamira and at least 21 others genocide firing squad
A  Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 1976
A  São Tomé and Príncipe 0000-00-00 none since independence (1975-07-12)[2]
A  Senegal 1967-06-15[26][27] Moustapha Lô treason (attempted murder of the president) firing squad
A  Seychelles 0000-00-00 none since independence (1976-06-29)[2]
C  Sierra Leone 1998-10-19[6] 24 soldiers (23 men, 1 woman) high treason public firing squad
D  Somalia 2008-10-27[28] Aisho Ibrahim Dhuhulow adultery stoning
D  Somaliland
A  South Africa 1989-11-14[6] Solomon Ngobeni hanging
A  Bophuthatswana 1990-12-13[6][29] Alpheus Sekoboane murder hanging
A  Ciskei
A  Transkei
A  Venda 1991-01-31[6] John Tsakani Chauke hanging
D  Sudan 2010-03-17[13] two unnamed men murder hanging
C  Eswatini 1983-07-02[6] Philippa Mdluli murder hanging
C  Tanzania 1994-10[6] 7 unnamed men, 1 unnamed woman
A  Togo 1978[3] M. Adjata Koffi murder
C  Tunisia 1991[30]
D  Uganda 2003-03-03[6] Richard Wigiri, Kambacho Ssenyonji, and Alfred Okech murder hanging
C  Zambia 1997-10[6] Abraham Kasongo, Nelson Ngindano, Dennis Chembe, Robert Mulumbi, David Kapunga, John Gombo, Joe Chilada, Christopher Oldfield hanging
D  Zimbabwe 2003-06-13[6] Stephen Chidhumo, Elias Chauke, William Mukurugunye, and John Nyamazana murder hanging

Asia

# Country Last execution date Name Crime Method
D  Afghanistan 2008-11-11[31] 5 unnamed men murder and rape hanging
A  Armenia 1991-08-30[32] unnamed man murder single firearm
A  Azerbaijan 1992[33]
D  Bahrain 2008-06-04[34] Mizan Noor Al Rahman Ayoub Mia murder firearm
D  Bangladesh 2010-01-28[35] Syed Faruk Rahman, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Bazlul Huda, A. K. M. Mohiuddin Ahmed, and Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan murder hanging
A  Bhutan 1964[36]
C  Brunei 0000-00-00 none since independence (1984-01-01)[6]
C  Myanmar 1980s
A  Cambodia 1989
D  China 2010-05-29[19] Xu Yuyuan attacks on children firearm
D  Taiwan 2010-04-30[37] Chang Chun-hung, Hung Chen-yao, Ko Shih-ming, and Chang Wen-wei murder firearm
A  Hong Kong 1966-11-16[38] a Vietnamese man named 黃啟基 robbery and murder hanging
A  East Timor 0000-00-00 none since independence (2002-05-20)[2]
D  India 2004-08-14[6][39] Dhananjoy Chatterjee torture murder hanging
D  Indonesia 2008-11-09[31] Imam Samudra, Amrozi, Ali Ghufron mass murder and terrorism firing squad
D  Iran 2010-05-31[19] 2 unnamed men drug offences hanging
D  Iraq 2010-01-25[35] Ali Hassan al-Majid mass murder hanging
B  Israel 1962-05-31 Adolf Eichmann crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people hanging
D  Japan 2009-07-28[40] Hiroshi Maeue, Yukio Yamaji and Chen Detong murder hanging
D  Jordan 2006-03-11 Salem bin Suweid and Yasser Freihat murder of U.S. diplomat hanging
B  Kazakhstan 2003
D  North Korea 2010-03-12[13] Pak Nam-ki and an unnamed man "economic crimes" firearm
C  South Korea 1997-12-30 hanging
D  Kuwait 2007-05-20[41] Khan Anwar Islam drug possession hanging
B  Kyrgyzstan 0000-00-00 none since independence (1991-12-25)
C  Laos 1989[42]
D  Lebanon 2004-01-17[43] 3 men murder
A  Macau
D  Malaysia 2008[44] hanging
C  Maldives 0000-00-00 none since independence (1965-07-26)[6]
D  Mongolia 2005[45]
C  Republic of Artsakh 0000-00-00 never used
A  Nepal 1979[46]
D  Oman 2001[47]
D  Pakistan 2008-08-19[48] Manzoor Ahmed murder hanging
D  Palestine 2010-05-18[19] 3 unnamed men murder firearm
A  Philippines 2000
D  Qatar 2003-03-10[49] Arun Abraham murder
D  Saudi Arabia 2010-04-28[37] Hussein al-Darwish murder public beheading by sword
D  Singapore 2009-01-09[50] Tan Chor Jin murder hanging
C  Sri Lanka 1976-06-23[6] Chardradasa Jayasinghe murder hanging
D  Syria 2007-10-25[51] Ridhwan Abdulqadr Hassan Mohammed, Kheiro Khalif al-Fares, Abdulhayi Feisal Abdulhayi, Saleh Boussef Mahmoud, and Hassan Hamed Khalouf murder public hanging
C  Tajikistan 2004-04[52] Rachabmurod Chumayev, Umed Idiyev, Akbar Radzshabov, and Mukharam Fatkhulloyev
D  Thailand 2009-08-24[53] Bundit Jaroenwanit and Jirawat Poompreuk drug offences lethal injection
A  Turkmenistan 1997[2]
D  United Arab Emirates 2008-02-22[54] "A. H. S." murder firearm
A  Uzbekistan 2004-08-10[32] (last known) Azizbek Karimov and Yusuf Zhumayev single firearm
D  Vietnam 2008-01-18[55] Tech A. Lang, Du Van Quan, and Hoang Dinh Duc drug possession firearm
D  Yemen 2010-01-22[35] Hamid Jabir al-Hamshali and an unnamed man murder firearm

Europe

# Country Last execution date Name Crime Method
C  Abkhazia 0000-00-00 never used
A  Albania 1995-06-29[32] hanging
A  Andorra 1943-10-18[32] Antoni Areny murder firing squad
A  Austria 1950-03-24[32] Johann Trnka murder hanging
D  Belarus 2010-03-19[13] Andrei Zhuk and Vasily Yuzepchuk murder firearm
A  Belgium 1950-08-09[32] Philipp Schmitt war crimes firing squad
A  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1975[32] (as a republic of Yugoslavia)
A  Bulgaria 1989-11-04[32] murder firing squad
A  Croatia 1973 (as a republic of Yugoslavia)[32] firing squad
A  Cyprus 1962-06-13[32] Hambis Zacharia, Michael Hiletikos and Lazaris Demetriou murder hanging
A  Czech Republic 1989-02-02[32] (as a republic of Czechoslovakia) Vladimir Lulek murder hanging
A  Denmark 1950-06[32] war crimes firing squad
A  Estonia 1991-09-11[32] Rein Oruste murder single firearm
A  Finland 1944[32] war crimes firing squad
A  France 1977-09-10[32] Hamida Djandoubi torture murder beheading by guillotine
A  Georgia 1995[32] murder single firearm
A  Germany 0000-00-00 none since reunification (1990-10-03)[32]
A  East Germany 1981-06-26[32] Werner Teske treason single firearm
A  West Germany 1949-02-18[32][56] Richard Schuh murder beheading by guillotine
A  Gibraltar 1944-01-11[32] Luis Lopez Corden-Cuenca and Jose Martin Munoz war crimes hanging
A  Greece 1972-08-25[32] Vassils Lymberis murder firing squad
A  Guernsey 1854-02-10[32] John Tapner hanging
A  Hungary 1988-05-31[32] Vadász Ernő torture murder hanging
A  Iceland 1830-01-12[32] Fridrik Sigurdsson and Agnes Magnusdottir murder beheading
A  Ireland 1954-04-20[32] Michael Manning murder hanging
A  Italy 1947-03-04[32] Giovanni D'Ignoti, Giovanni Puleo, and Francesco La Barbero murder firing squad
A  Jersey 1959-10-09[32] Francis Joseph Hutchet murder hanging
A  Kosovo 0000-00-00 none since disputed independence (2008)
B  Latvia 1996-01[32] Rolans Bertmanus-Lackeus murder single firearm
A  Liechtenstein 1785-02-26[32] Barbara Erni theft beheading
A  Lithuania 1995-07-12[32] Boris Dekanidze murder single firearm
A  Luxembourg 1949-02-24[32] treason
A  North Macedonia 1988[32] (as a republic of Yugoslavia) murder firing squad
A  Malta 1943-07-05[32] Karmnu Zammit and Guiseppi Zammit murder hanging
A  Isle of Man 1872-08-01[32] John Kewish patricide hanging
A  Moldova 0000-00-00 none since independence[2]
A  Monaco 1847[32] murder beheading by guillotine
A  Montenegro 0000-00-00 none since independence
A  Netherlands 1952-03-21[32] W. A. Albrecht war crimes
A  Norway 1948-08-29[32] treason firing squad
A  Poland 1988-04-21[32] Stanisław Cz. murder hanging
A  Portugal 1846-04-22[32] murder hanging
A  Romania 1989-12-25[32] Nicolae Ceauşescu and Elena Ceauşescu genocide, crimes against the state firing squad
C  Russia 1996-08-02[32] unnamed man murder single firearm
A  San Marino 1468[32] hanging
A  Serbia 1992-02[32] unnamed man murder firing squad
A  Slovakia 1989-06-08[32] (as a republic of Czechoslovakia) Stefan Svitek murder hanging
A  Slovenia 1957[32] (as a republic of Yugoslavia) murder hanging
C  South Ossetia 0000-00-00 never used
A  Spain 1975-09-27[32] José Humberto Francisco Baena Alonso, Ramón García Sanz, José Luis Sánchez-Bravo Sollas, Juan Paredes Manotas, Angel Otaegui Echevarría murder firing squad
A  Sweden 1910-11-23[32] Johan Alfred Andersson Ander murder beheading by guillotine
A  Switzerland 1944-12-07[32] treason beheading by guillotine
C  Transnistria 0000-00-00 never used
A  Turkey 1984-10-25[32] Hidir Aslan murder hanging
C  Northern Cyprus 0000-00-00 never used
A  Ukraine 1997-03-11[32] unnamed man murder single firearm
A  United Kingdom 1964-08-13[32] Peter Anthony Allen and Gwynne Owen Evans murder in the course of theft hanging
A  Vatican City 1870-07-09[32] (as the Papal States) (never used as Vatican City, established 1929-02-11)[57] Agabito Bellomo murder beheading by guillotine

North America and Caribbean

# Country Last execution date Name Crime Method
C  Antigua and Barbuda 1991-02-02[6] Tyrone Nicholas murder hanging
C  Bahamas 2000-01-06[6] David Mitchell murder hanging
C  Barbados 1984-10-10[6] Noel Jordan, Melvin Inniss, and Errol Farrell hanging
C  Belize 1985-06-19[6] Kent Bowers murder hanging
A  Bermuda 1977-12-03[6] Erskine Burrows and Larry Tacklyn murder hanging
A  Canada 1962-12-11[6] Ronald Turpin and Arthur Lucas murder hanging
A  Costa Rica 1859
D  Cuba 2003-04-11[58] 3 men ferry hijacking (with intent of sailing to Florida)
C  Dominica 1986-08-08[6] Frederick Newton murder resulting from attempted coup hanging
A  Dominican Republic 1966
B  El Salvador 1973[59]
C  Grenada 1978-10-17[6] Charles Ferguson murder hanging
C  Guatemala 2000-06-20[60] Tomás Cerrate Hernández and Luis Amílcar Cetino Pérez murder lethal injection
A  Haiti 1972[61]
A  Honduras 1940[62]
C  Jamaica 1988-02-18[6] Nathan Foster and Stanford Dinnal murder hanging
A  Mexico 1961[63] Isaías Constante Laureano murder firing squad
A  Nicaragua 1930[64]
A  Panama 1903[65]
D  Saint Kitts and Nevis 2008-12-19[66] Charles Laplace murder hanging
C  Saint Lucia 1995-10-17[6] Joseph Solomon murder hanging
C  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1995-02-13[6] Douglas Hamlet, Franklin Thomas, and David Thomas murder hanging
C  Trinidad and Tobago 1999-07-28[6] Anthony Briggs murder hanging
A  Turks and Caicos Islands 0000-00-00 never used

United States

# State Last execution date Name Crime Method
D  United States Federal Government 2003-03-18 Louis Jones, Jr. aggravated murder lethal injection
D  United States military 1961-04-13 John A. Bennett rape and attempted murder hanging
D  Alabama 2010-06-10 John Forrest Parker aggravated murder lethal injection
A  Alaska 0000-00-00 never used[67]
D  Arizona 2007-05-23 Robert Comer aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Arkansas 2005-11-28 Eric Nance aggravated murder lethal injection
D  California 2006-01-17 Clarence Ray Allen aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Colorado 1997-10-13 Gary Lee Davis aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Connecticut 2005-05-13 Michael Bruce Ross aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Delaware 2005-11-04 Brian Steckel aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Florida 2010-02-16[68][69] Martin Edward Grossman aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Georgia 2009-10-20[70] Mark Howard McClain aggravated murder lethal injection
A  Hawaii 0000-00-00 never used
D  Idaho 1994-01-06 Keith Wells aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Illinois 1999-03-17 Andrew Kokoraleis aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Indiana 2009-12-11[4][71] Matthew Eric Wrinkles aggravated murder lethal injection
A  Iowa 1962-09-06[72] Charles A. Kelly murder hanging
D  Kansas 1965-06-22 George York and James Latham murder hanging
D  Kentucky 2008-11-21[31] Marco Allen Chapman aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Louisiana 2010-01-07[35][68] Gerald J. Bordelon aggravated murder lethal injection
A  Maine 1885-11-21 Daniel Wilkinson murder hanging
D  Maryland 2005-12-05 Wesley Baker aggravated murder lethal injection
A  Massachusetts 1947-05-09[73] Philip Bellino and Edward Gertson murder electric chair

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A  Minnesota 1906-02-13[74] William Williams murder hanging
D  Mississippi 2010-05-20[19][68] Gerald James Holland aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Missouri 2009-05-20[75] Dennis Skillicorn aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Montana 2006-08-11 David Thomas Dawson aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Nebraska 1997-12-02 Robert E. Williams aggravated murder electric chair
D  Nevada 2006-04-26 Daryl Linnie Mack aggravated murder lethal injection
D  New Hampshire 1939-07-14 Howard Long murder hanging
A  New Jersey 1963-01-22 Ralph Hudson murder electric chair
D  New Mexico 2001-11-06 Terry D. Clark aggravated murder lethal injection
A  New York 1963-08-15 Eddie Mays murder electric chair
D  North Carolina 2006-08-18 Samuel Russell Flippen aggravated murder lethal injection
A  North Dakota 1905-10-17[76] John Rooney murder hanging
D  Ohio 2010-05-13[19][68][77] Michael Beuke aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Oklahoma 2010-01-14[35][68] Julius Ricardo Young aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Oregon 1997-05-16 Harry Charles Moore aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Pennsylvania 1999-07-06 Gary M. Heidnik aggravated murder lethal injection
A  Rhode Island 1845-02-13 John Gordon murder hanging
D  South Carolina 2009-05-08[75] Thomas Treshawn Ivey aggravated murder lethal injection
D  South Dakota 2007-07-11 Elijah Page aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Tennessee 2009-12-02[4][78] Cecil Johnson, Jr. aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Texas 2010-05-25[19][68][79] John Alba aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Utah 2010-06-18 Ronnie Lee Gardner Murder firing squad
A  Vermont 1954-12-08 Donald DeMag murder electric chair
D  Virginia 2010-05-20[19][68] Darick Demorris Walker aggravated murder lethal injection
D  Washington 2001-08-28 James Homer Elledge aggravated murder lethal injection
A  West Virginia 1959-04-03 Elmer Brunner aggravated murder electric chair
A  Wisconsin 1851-08-21 John McCaffary murder hanging
D  Wyoming 1992-01-22 Mark Hopkinson aggravated murder lethal injection

Oceania

# Country Last execution date Name Crime Method
A  Cook Islands 0000-00-00 none since self-government (1965-08-04)
B  Fiji 0000-00-00 none since independence (1970-10-10)[6]
A  Kiribati 0000-00-00 none since independence (1979-07-12)[6]
A  Marshall Islands 0000-00-00 none since independence (1986-10-21)[80]
A  Micronesia 0000-00-00 none since independence (1986-11-03)[81]
C  Nauru 0000-00-00 none since independence (1968-01-31)[6]
A  New Zealand 1957-02-17[6] Walter James Bolton murder hanging
A  Niue 0000-00-00 never used
A  Palau 0000-00-00 none since independence (1994-10-01)[2]
C  Papua New Guinea 0000-00-00 none since independence (1975-09-16)[6][82]
A  Western Samoa 0000-00-00 none since independence (1962-01-01)[6]
A  Solomon Islands 0000-00-00 none since independence (1978-07-07)[6]
C  Tonga 1982-09-07[6] Flatoti Sole, Livingi Sole, and Fili Esau murder hanging
A  Tuvalu 0000-00-00 none since independence (1978-10-01)[6]
A  Vanuatu 0000-00-00 none since independence (1980-07-30)[6]

Australia

# Country Last execution date Name Crime Method
A  Government of Australia 1951-06-12 Takuma Nishimura war crimes hanging
A  Australian Capital Territory 0000-00-00 never used
A  New South Wales 1939-08-24[6] John Kelly murder hanging
A  Northern Territory 1952-08-07[6] Jaroslav Koci and Jan Novotnywere murder hanging
A  Queensland 1913-09-22[6] Ernest Austin murder hanging
A  South Australia 1964-11-24[6] Glen Sabre Valance murder hanging
A  Tasmania 1946-02-14[6] Frederick Thompson murder hanging
A  Victoria 1967-02-03[6] Ronald Ryan murder hanging
A  Western Australia 1964-10-26 Eric Edgar Cooke murder hanging

South America

# Country Last execution date Name Crime Method
A  Argentina 1916[83]
B  Bolivia 1974[84]
B  Brazil 1855[85]
B  Chile 1985[86] Carlos Topp Collins and Jorge Sagredo murder firearm
A  Colombia 1909[87]
A  Ecuador 1884[88]
C  Guyana 1997-08[6] Michael Archer and Peter Adams murder hanging
A  Paraguay 1928[89]
B  Peru 1979[90]
C  Suriname 1982-03-13[91][92] Wilfred Hawker treason firing squad
A  Uruguay 1905[93]
A  Venezuela 0000-00-00 never used

See also

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  43. ^ "Lebanon reinstated the death penalty in 1994 in a bid to stem a rise in violent crime following the 1975-90 civil war", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
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  47. ^ "The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws of the Sultanate of Oman, which make reference to Sharia law", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
  48. ^ Executions in August 2008
  49. ^ "Qatar: Murder, offences against the State, drug offences and terrorism are capital crimes", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
  50. ^ Executions in January 2009
  51. ^ Executions in October 2007
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  53. ^ Executions in August 2009
  54. ^ Executions in February 2008
  55. ^ Executions in January 2008
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  58. ^ "Cuba: The Penal Code presently in force provides for the death penalty for 112 offences, 33 of which are common crimes", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
  59. ^ "The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
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  62. ^ "The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art. 66 states...", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
  63. ^ "On June 23, 2005, Mexico's House approved a measure striking the death penalty", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
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  78. ^ Judge to decide on autopsy for executed killer Cecil Johnson Jr.
  79. ^ Texas executes man in 1992 slaying of wife
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  81. ^ "The Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia (1980) at Article 4, Section 9, states...", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
  82. ^ The last person executed in Papua New Guinea, Aro, was hanged for murder in 1957, eighteen years before independence. ("PNG urged to abandon death penalty", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, November 12, 2007)
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  93. ^ "The Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (1967) at Art. 26 states: ‘the death penalty shall not be applied to anyone’", 2008-01-01, handsoffcain.info, accessed 2008-08-08.
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