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This is a list of people executed in Romania. The list includes judicial executions carried out on the territory of present-day Romania , whether by that state or its antecedents. Earlier jurisdictions
Minors, pregnant women and women with children aged under 3 were exempt from the death penalty. [17] The death of Ion Pistol, shot for aggravated homicide in May 1987, marked the country's last regular execution. [18] Romania's last executions were those of Ceaușescu himself and his wife Elena, following the overthrow of the regime in the ...
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.
On 1 March 1990, Colonel Gică Popa, who had presided over the trial and been promoted to general, was found dead in his office. His death was ruled a suicide. [39] The Ceaușescus were the last people to be executed in Romania before the abolition of capital punishment on 7 January 1990. [40]
Dem Rădulescu, actor; Colea Răutu, actor; Victor Rebengiuc, actor [31] Duncan Renaldo, actor (Romanian-born, achieved fame in America as The Cisco Kid, a hero to children of the 1950s) Alexandru Repan, actor; Edward G. Robinson, actor (Romanian-born Jew, made career in United States as an English-language film actor) [32] Aristizza Romanescu ...
The following are the five states with the most executions since the early 1980s, according to the Death Penalty Information Center: Texas, 591. Oklahoma, 126. Virginia, 113. Florida, 106 ...
For people who were executed by Romania, see Category:People executed by Romania. Subcategories. This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total. A.
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