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In 2005, Mexico abolished the death penalty; in 2009 Argentina abolished it. ... Australia abolished the death penalty completely in 1985. Human Development Index.
Government of Australia: 11 June 1951: Takuma Nishimura: war crimes: hanging: A Australian Capital Territory: never used: A New South Wales: 24 August 1939 [4] John Trevor Kelly: murder: hanging: A Northern Territory: 7 August 1952 [4] Jaroslav Koci and Jan Novotny: murder: hanging: A Queensland: 22 September 1913 [4] Ernest Austin: murder ...
C. Capital punishment in Cambodia; Capital punishment in Cameroon; Capital punishment in Cape Verde; Capital punishment in the Central African Republic
Mexican Australians refers to Australian citizens of Mexican descent or Mexico-born person who reside in Australia. According to the 2016 Australian Census, 4,872 Mexican people resided in Australia. Mexicans are concentrated in New South Wales with the population of 1,703 followed by Victoria (1,478), Queensland (761) and Western Australia ...
Within the broad range of violent deaths, the core element of intentional homicide is the complete liability of the direct perpetrator, which thus excludes killings directly related to war or conflicts, self-inflicted death (suicide), killings due to legal interventions or justifiable killings (such as self-defence), and those deaths caused ...
The last non-military execution in Mexico was in 1957 in Sonora, and the last military execution (of a soldier charged with insubordination and murder) in 1961, [4] so the official abolition of the military death penalty in 2005 and of the civil death penalty in 1976 lagged the de facto cessations by 44 and 19 years, respectively. [5]
Death penalty opponents regard the death penalty as inhumane [206] and criticize it for its irreversibility. [207] They argue also that capital punishment lacks deterrent effect, [208] [209] [210] or has a brutalization effect, [211] [212] discriminates against minorities and the poor, and that it encourages a "culture of violence". [213]
The mandatory death penalty provided in Section 31A of India Law is in the nature of minimum sentence in respect of repeat offenders of specified activities and for offences involving large quantities of specified categories of narcotic drugs. As of August 2005, aircraft hijacking also mandates use of the death penalty. [51]