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Date of abolition for Date of abolition for
all crimes
ordinary crimes
State
Date of last
execution
Ukraine
1999
1997
United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
1998
Uruguay
1907
..
Uzbekistan
2008
2005
Vanuatu
1980
1980a
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
1863
..
Holy See
1969
..
State of Palestine
2019
2003
1969b
1964
Note: Two dots (..) indicate that the information is not available.
a Year in which independence was achieved. No executions have taken place since that time. The
date of the last execution prior to independence is not available.
b Capital punishment for ordinary crimes was abolished in Northern Ireland in 1973.
Table 3
Status of capital punishment as of May 2020: abolitionist States for ordinary
crimes only (8)
State
Date of abolition for ordinary crimes
Date of last execution
Brazil
1979
1855
Burkina Faso
2018
1988
Chile
2001
1985
El Salvador
1983
1973
Guatemala
2017
2000
Israel
1954
1962
Kazakhstan
2007
2003
Peru
1979
1979
Table 4
Status of capital punishment as of May 2020: de facto abolitionist States (49)
State
24
Date of last execution
Algeria
1993
Antigua and Barbuda
1989
Bahamas
2000
Barbados
1984
Belize
1986
Brunei Darussalam
1957
Cameroon
1997
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