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Capital punishment in Germany has been abolished for all crimes, and is now explicitly prohibited by the constitution. It was abolished in West Germany in 1949, in the Saarland in 1956 (as part of the Saarland joining West Germany and becoming a state of West Germany), and East Germany in 1987.
Capital punishment was retroactively carried out 1945–50 for crimes related to the German occupation in World War II, repealed in 1951 and confirmed in 1993. A similar rule was active 1952–1978 in the civil penalty law for war crimes committed under extreme circumstances.
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice.The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
In 2012, Latvia became the last EU member state to abolish capital punishment in wartime. [1] In Russia, capital punishment has been indefinitely suspended (under moratorium) since 1996. [2] [3] Except for Belarus, which, most recently, carried out one execution in 2022, [4] the last execution in a European country occurred in Ukraine in 1997.
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In Nazi Germany, capital punishment was reinstated for juveniles between 16 and 17 years in 1939. [142] This was broadened to children and youth from age 12 to 17 in 1943. [143] The death penalty for juveniles was abolished by West Germany, also generally, in 1949 and by East Germany in 1952.
In Germany, shooting by a single bullet to the back of the head was the execution method used in East Germany from 1968 until the abolishment of capital punishment in 1987 (although the last execution was carried out in 1981). All executions in East Germany were conducted at a central execution place, located at Leipzig Court Building.
Franz Friedrich Carl Gröpler (22 February 1868, Magdeburg – 30 January 1946, Magdeburg) was Royal Prussian executioner (German: Scharfrichter) from 1906 to 1937. [1] Responsible for carrying out capital punishment in the Prussian provinces, he executed at least 144 people, [1] primarily by beheading with an axe, but also with guillotines ...