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'''History''' | '''History''' | ||
In Ottoman Sipahistan, capital punishment was available for homicide, arson, stealing a horse or a slave and repeated thefts as well as offenses against public safety, serious violations of market regulations, counterfeiting, acts of disobedience against the Sultan and the spreading of calumnies about him, the illegal sale of grain and export of arms to foreign [Christian] countries as well as adultery, heresy and apostasy. Rape, which has been the crime of most capital convicts from 1946-2019, only became a capital crime in 1923. Capital punishment for apostasy was ended in 1929 and for adultery in 1958 though capital punishment had not been carried out for apostasy since the establishment of [[Sharifistan]] and capital punishment for adultery was only carried out six times since it's establishment, all of them during the Second World War. A range of drug offences became capital offences in from 2020 to 2021 including trafficking of cocaine or heroin, use of cocaine and driving whilst under the influence of drugs. In May 2021, the death penalty was made an option for the offence of procuring a child for prostitution. That year, long-drop hanging became the sole method of execution. | In Ottoman Sipahistan, capital punishment was available for homicide, arson, stealing a horse or a slave and repeated thefts as well as offenses against public safety, serious violations of market regulations, counterfeiting, acts of disobedience against the Sultan and the spreading of calumnies about him, the illegal sale of grain and export of arms to foreign [Christian] countries as well as adultery, heresy and apostasy. Rape (Ightisab), which has been the crime of most capital convicts from 1946-2019, only became a capital crime in 1923. Capital punishment for apostasy was ended in 1929 and for adultery in 1958 though capital punishment had not been carried out for apostasy since the establishment of [[Sharifistan]] and capital punishment for adultery was only carried out six times since it's establishment, all of them during the Second World War. A range of drug offences became capital offences in from 2020 to 2021 including trafficking of cocaine or heroin, use of cocaine and driving whilst under the influence of drugs. In May 2021, the death penalty was made an option for the offence of procuring a child for prostitution. That year, long-drop hanging became the sole method of execution. | ||
'''Current law''' | '''Current law''' | ||
Capital punishment is an option for murder, hirabah, waging unjust wars,trafficking of cocaine or heroin, selling class 1 drugs (cocaine, crack cocaine or heroin) to a child under 14, use of cocaine, driving under the influence of drugs, accepting a bribe connected to a capital offence, rape, molestation of a child under thirteen, pederasty with a boy under fourteen, production of child pornography, procuring a child for prostitution, treason, desertion (military offence),fake charity scams, fake medical advice, dating or romance scams, treason, perfidy, | Capital punishment is an option for murder, hirabah, waging unjust wars, trafficking of cocaine or heroin, selling class 1 drugs (cocaine, crack cocaine or heroin) to a child under 14, use of cocaine, driving under the influence of drugs, accepting a bribe connected to a capital offence, rape (Ightisab), molestation of a child under thirteen, pederasty with a boy under fourteen, production of child pornography, procuring a child for prostitution, treason, desertion (military offence),fake charity scams, fake medical advice, dating or romance scams, treason, perfidy, | ||
bestiality, perjury | bestiality, perjury, terrorism, arson of a dwelling with intent to endanger life and desecration of a place of worship as well as violation of safeguard (military offence), sabotaging the war effort, bribery, selling military secrets for profit, stolen valour and failure to suppress a mutiny with intent to assist the enemy (military offence), the use of child soldiers by communists, crimes against humanity and genocide. To be sentenced to death convicts must be "sane men over the age of sixteen". | ||
[[category: Sharifistani law]] | [[category: Sharifistani law]] | ||
Revision as of 12:28, 31 January 2021
Capital punishment in Sharifistan is legal available for a range of crimes and has existed since the before the establishment of Sharifistan in 1922. The method of execution is long-drop hanging History
In Ottoman Sipahistan, capital punishment was available for homicide, arson, stealing a horse or a slave and repeated thefts as well as offenses against public safety, serious violations of market regulations, counterfeiting, acts of disobedience against the Sultan and the spreading of calumnies about him, the illegal sale of grain and export of arms to foreign [Christian] countries as well as adultery, heresy and apostasy. Rape (Ightisab), which has been the crime of most capital convicts from 1946-2019, only became a capital crime in 1923. Capital punishment for apostasy was ended in 1929 and for adultery in 1958 though capital punishment had not been carried out for apostasy since the establishment of Sharifistan and capital punishment for adultery was only carried out six times since it's establishment, all of them during the Second World War. A range of drug offences became capital offences in from 2020 to 2021 including trafficking of cocaine or heroin, use of cocaine and driving whilst under the influence of drugs. In May 2021, the death penalty was made an option for the offence of procuring a child for prostitution. That year, long-drop hanging became the sole method of execution.
Current law
Capital punishment is an option for murder, hirabah, waging unjust wars, trafficking of cocaine or heroin, selling class 1 drugs (cocaine, crack cocaine or heroin) to a child under 14, use of cocaine, driving under the influence of drugs, accepting a bribe connected to a capital offence, rape (Ightisab), molestation of a child under thirteen, pederasty with a boy under fourteen, production of child pornography, procuring a child for prostitution, treason, desertion (military offence),fake charity scams, fake medical advice, dating or romance scams, treason, perfidy, bestiality, perjury, terrorism, arson of a dwelling with intent to endanger life and desecration of a place of worship as well as violation of safeguard (military offence), sabotaging the war effort, bribery, selling military secrets for profit, stolen valour and failure to suppress a mutiny with intent to assist the enemy (military offence), the use of child soldiers by communists, crimes against humanity and genocide. To be sentenced to death convicts must be "sane men over the age of sixteen".