Capital Punishment in Creeperopolis

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Creeperopolis, currently used all 29 departments, the Papal State, the El Salvador, and the military. Its existence can be traced to the Old Kingdom of Creeperopolis (537-745). Creeperopolis is the only nation on the Southern Landmass that applies the death penalty regularly. A total of 2,102 were executed in 2019.

Death sentences in Creeperopolis are pronounced almost exclusively based on the system of judicial sentencing discretion, the Creeperian Bible, or the Creeperian Constitution. The rise in death sentences during recent decades resulted from a concerted reaction by the government and the courts to a rise in violent crime during the Third Senvarian Insurgency, Mara War, Castillianan Insurgency, and Deltinian Insurgency.

Methods

• Beheading^a
• Falling from Helicopter^b
• Firing Squad
• Hanging
• Stoning^c

^aRare. Only used in Abdan, Helam, and Jakiz.
^bUncommon. Only used for Espionage and Practicing Communism.
^cRare. Only used in Abdan, Helam, and Jakiz.

Capital Offenses

Constitutional Capital Crimes

Four crimes are considered the most capital of capital crimes: abortion, treason, murder, and pedophilia.

Abortion

Title V, Chapter I, Section I, Article XXVII: Abortion in the Empire is the most capital crime in the nation. There is a zero tolerance policy on all abortions for any reason due to Title I, Chapter I, Section I, Article I of this Constitution.

Title V, Chapter I, Section II, Article XXVIII: All individuals who preform an abortion shall be hanged. All individuals who receive an abortion shall be imprisoned for life.

In southern Creeperopolis, especially Abdan, Helam, and Jakiz, the mothers are often executed.

Treason

Title V, Chapter II, Section I, Article XXIX: Treason in the Empire is the second most capital crime in the nation. There is a zero tolerance policy on all treason.

Title V, Chapter II, Section II, Article XXX: All individuals who are found guilty of treason shall be hanged.

Pedophilia

Title V, Chapter III, Section I, Article XXXI: Homicide in the Empire is the third most capital crime in the nation. There is a zero tolerance policy on all homicides for any reason due to Title I, Chapter I, Section I, Article I of this Constitution.

Title V, Chapter III, Section II, Article XXXII: All individuals who commit homicide shall be hanged. Families of the victims of homicide shall be compensated appropriately.

Murder

Title V, Chapter IV, Section I, Article XXXIII: Pedophilia in the Empire is the fourth most capital crime in the nation. There is a zero tolerance policy on all pedophilia.

Title V, Chapter IV, Section II, Article XXXIV: All individuals who are found guilty of pedophilia shall be hanged. Victims of pedophiles shall be compensated appropriately.

Other Capital Crimes

Creeperian law theoretically allows the death penalty for many crimes:

• Adultery
• Aggravated Burglary
• Apostasy^d
• Armed Robbery
• Blasphemy
• Creeperian Genocide Denial
• Deltinian Genocide Acceptance
• Drug smuggling
• Espionage
• Homosexuality^e
• Practicing Atheism^f
• Practicing Communism
• Rape
• Sex Trafficking
• Sorcery/Witchcraft
• Terrorism
• Waging war on God
• Waging war on the Empire

^dAlthough not enforced by the government, local villagers and death squads execute apostates.
^eDeath penalty for homosexuality only applies in the following departments: Abdan, Helam, Jakiz, Senvar, and Senvek. Death penalty is also commonly applied in Deltino despite the law being officially 10-years imprisonment, with little being done to cease the illegal executions. Laws vary throughout the rest of the Empire, ranging from 5-years imprisonment to life imprisonment. See: Human Rights in Creeperopolis.
^fAtheism in Creeperopolis is defined as outright denial of God's existence. Agnosticism and Irreligiousness are not punishable by the law and are allowed to be practiced.

See Also

• Creeperopolis