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Revision as of 15:05, 4 March 2023

Capital punishment has occurred over much of Anteria in the past. However, in the past century, many countries in the region have abolished the practice. The following summarises the countries and conditions in which capital punishment is legal in Anteria.

  Capital punishment has been formally abolished by statute or constitution
  Capital punishment is only permitted for exceptional scenarios (such as crimes committed in wartime)
  Capital punishment is legal and is used for ordinary offences

Key Country Year implemented Year of last execution Year abolished Method(s) Notes
 Albithica 1860 1919 1920 Albithica's current Constitution, as well as all former Constitutions, have always expressly prohibited the death penalty, with the notable exception of the Imperial Republic's reversal of this stance.
 Amrelia Antiquity 1994 2003 Lethal injection, hanging, firing squad Capital punishment varied by state prior to federal law (which allowed for the death penalty in cases of treason, terrorism, and espionage) banning it in 2003. By 1998, only the states of East Elizabeth and Hirane retained the death penalty, however a moratorium had been in place for several years in both states.
 Arkadiac Antiquity 2022 N/A Firing squad or lethal injection Capital punishment has been used in Arkadiac for serious offenses dating back to antiquity. It is only used a few times a year and the process to move from conviction to execution can take years, but capital punishment is actively enforced and remains encoded in law.
 Aziallis Adopted from the Skaje legal code into the Azillain Penal Code in 1762. 1957 1974 None The Azillian Penal Code which was brought to power by the Constituent Assembly in 1811 was drawn heavily from the Skaje Legal Code of Union (which were drafted by Ulo Skaje in 1762 at the direction of Serer Arart). The Death Penalty was allowed for a variety of serious offenses and could only be delivered by a Judge of a Court. The Azillian Penal Code gives the Courts the right to decide whether crimes committed by a certain individual deserve death penalty.

Till before 1940, a Monarch had the privilege to give a "Pardon from Death" to an individual on death row seeking mercy. In 1940, the Parliament led by then Prime Minister Venere Mazhetorih amended the Penal Code, scraping the Pardon Privilege as well as making it harder for those charged with sedition to appeal their death penalty conviction by lower courts. Because of such rules, Aziallis executed more than 3000 individuals between 1940 and 1953.

In 1955, then Prime Minister Bizhvo Svave amended the Penal Code again, though this time around, he empowered a Commission called the Mercy Commission, led by the Chairperson of the Executive Council, to grant mercy. The Commission overruled the death penalty in 93% of the cases brought in front of it, effectively scrapping the death penalty. But Svave was unsuccessful in getting the death penalty removed from the books.

By 1973, 9 States and all Autonomous Entities of Aziallis has abolished the death penalty, and not a single execution had taken place since 1957. Then Prime Minister Charita Sukerni, in 1974, proposed the Bill to remove the death penalty from the Penal Code and finally managed to get approval from the Parliament as well as the Executive Council. Governors of Ajenta and Freyerka opposed the law in the UEC vote, and even sued the Union Government in the Supreme Court, though their writs were rejected by the Court. No bills to reinstate the death penalty have managed to even get out of Parliamentary Committees since then.

 Bakyern Since Foundation 2019 N/A Firing Squad, Lethal Injection, Electric Chair Capital Punishment is regularly used for serious crimes such as treason, war crimes, murder (depends on the case), and other series offenses. Bakyern is often criticized for its usage of the death penalty.
 Barceria Antiquity 1998 2000 Lethal Injection, Electric ChAIR The Barcerian Constitution was edited in the year 2000 to prohibit the death penalty due to popular demand.
 Bendan Antiquity 1989 1990 Capital punishment has been abolished after the Great Revolution, as it was seen as a remnant of the totalitarian regime.
 Federation of Ekharnia Since formation 2022 N/A Decapitation or firing squad For criminals with murder cases, it has been decided that they deserve a fast death through fast penalties
 Encessia Antiquity (formalized 1994) 2021 N/A Lethal Injection, Electric Chair, Hanging In 1994 the new constitution of the Auteker contained a clause allowing for capital punishment in response to crimes "of the highest calibre". These crimes include political corruption, treason, repeated rape/molestation, mass murder, and inciting revolution.
Freice Antiquity 1971 N/A (de facto moratorium since 1975) Boiling (last recorded instance in 1410), burning (last recorded instance in 1629), beheading (last recorded instance in 1688), hanging Capital punishment is reserved for serious felonies, including treason and murder. The last execution was held in 1971 when Naea Eqema was hanged for murdering his family. Although capital punishment is still formally legal, there is a de facto prohibition following the recommendation of Chief Justice Charles E. May in 1975.
 Gabrielland Antiquity 1913 1927 Shortly after independence from Astariax, the death penalty was abolished. For really serious offences, a life sentence may be given out.
 Gassasinia Antiquity 1911 1949 N/A Previously carried out executions for rape, murder, desertion and treason via hanging. The last death penalty in Gassasinia was passed in 1910 and carried out in 1911. Over time, judicial standards for applying the death penalty became overwhelmingly vigorous and the local colonial government passed a moratorium against the death penalty.
Gassasinia's Basic Law, introduced in 1949, prohibits the imposition of the death penalty. The maximum legal penalty is Imprisonment at His Majesty's Pleasure, meaning that prisoners cannot receive parole unless granted by the president, usually on suggestion of the Ministry of Justice.
 Hatstheput Since Foundation 2017 N/A Electric chair or lethal injection, at the criminal's discretion. Capital Punishment is legalized and used for ordinary offences in Hatstheput, but only applied for serious offences. These include premeditated murder, participation in a terrorist attack, mass murder, genocide, war crimes, high treason, mass raping and pedophilia. Capital punishment has been enforced in the modern state of Hatstheput since its foundation after the Hatstheputian Civil War. Its application was vetoed several times during Hatstheputian history by progressive members of the Liberal Party. Since its instauration, 322 criminals have been executed.|-
 Iwonia Since Foundation 2020 N/A (Central Government),
1992 (Schizenn),
1967 (Central Ansia)
Firing Squad, Lethal Injection, Burning at the stake, Lynching Before 2017, the guillotine was the main execution method. Around 19% of prisoners are executed and frequently with the Province of Lievenira with more than 67% of executions in Iwonia. The Autonomous Regions of Schizenn and Central Ansia have outlawed the practice.
 Kentalis 1603 1891 1891 Used to be carried out by hanging. Capital punishment has been banned since 1891.
 Khirmania since independence (1922) 2017 N/A hanging
 Kilowatt Antiquity 2009 2012 Capital punishment in Kilowatt was abolished following a referendum in 2012
 Kistolia 1701 2021 2021 Hung and quartered, Shot in the lung, pushed off the 20 story execution building, drowning, or beheading via guillotine. Capital punishment was only used for Murder, Terrorism, torture, reapeated offences, War Crimes, and Treason. It was formally abolished on January 29th, 2021.
Screenshot 2021-03-04 085120.png Lyonheimer 1100~1973 1965 1973 Firing Squad (1895-1940)
Electrocution (1940-1965)
The death penalty in Lyonheimer was abolished in 1973 following protests that it breached human rights of prisoners.
Melide Since Foundation 2022 N/A Quartering Capital punishment is applied to premeditated homicides, rapes, treason against the country, terrorist atacks, abuses to the monarchy, demonstrations, drugs traffic, tax evation, corruption and steal more than 100,000$.
 Morrawia Antiquity 1991 N/A Lethal Injection, Electric Chair Capital punishment in Morrawia is reserved to only punish the most serious of crimes, such as terrorism, genocide, war crimes etc and during State of Emergency, State of War and/or declaration of martial law. This exclusive right is given by the Constitution of Morrawia, which also states, that ordinary crimes cannnot be punished by the capital punishment. Since 1964, when attempted coup happened, which left many dead, including President Karl Walmark, capital punishment is used for wider spectrum of crimes, though, it is still in the boundries of said "serious crimes".
 Neuewland Antiquity 2018 N/A Execution by shooting Capital Punishment is legalized and is used for a multitude of offences in Neuewland. It can be used for mass murder (which in Neuew law is the killing of 10 or more people), serial rape, pedophilia, treason, attempted coup, and war crimes. Single-shot execution is used for normal criminals, while firing squad is used for military executions.
 New Sebronia Not known 1908 1912 Implementation propably happened during the time of the Sebric Empire. Since the first unification talks, it was never used again. Officially abolished after the declaration of the Federal Republic.
 Nexalan Since Foundation 1972 N/A Lethal Injection, Electric Chair Implementated in 1523, Executions in Nexalan are very rare, but are still allowed only if it is due to terrorism. There has been only 4 recorded executions (1678, 1898, 1945, and 1972), The last execution was a lethal injection to Martin Russel in 1972, a terrorist who killed 278 students from a homemade nuclear bomb planted inside Rendail Elemenentary School in New Apex.
 Norvinia 1968 2008 N/A Lethal Injection

Hanging

Reserved for hineous crime (Terrorism, Rape, War Crimes)
 Paslin Never Never Since colonization N/A Capital punishment never has or will be used for crimes. Sentences in prison and rehabilitation are used instead.
 Paxaklemtorno First attested for civil judiciary in 1349 BC
(codified in 278 BC)
2006 N/A In the years of the Younger Kingdoms, execution was carried out in many different ways, including untreated major wounds (severance of limbs, waist cutting, blinding, gouging, stabbing, etc), prolonged death (asphyxiation by hanging, by choking, by breathing in fumes from smoldering coals and by drowning) and immediate death (beheading, boulder crushing, cooking and boiling alive in preheated spaces, etc). The set of methods has changed with time, as more extreme methods were suspended by a moratorium in 1903, then fully abolished in 1944, leaving only hanging and beheading, with the latter suspended by a 1999 ruling. Capital punishment in the Kingdoms of Paxaklemtorno is reserved for highest offences, as only the Royal Court can designate capital punishment upon an individual, with the verification of the acting monarch. Capital punishment is used only in severe cases, where it is deemed equal to the offence committed, such as conscious mass murder, murder, psychological torture, physical torture and rape. In all other cases, the Kingdoms' courts usually opt to impose a life sentence, with such an attitude adopted by the Royal Court as well, following the campaigning of civil rights' activists in the 2000s.
 Prybourne 1890 2015 n/a Should capital punishment become necessary (such as for going on strike), the preferred method is defenestration from the top of the Tower of Commerce. Not only is the forty-story descent effective, but it allows those in the Sacred Marketplace below opportunities to place wagers on where the condemned will land. Capital punishment is sanctioned in Prybourne for certain federal and military crimes, and used in 7 states. While there are 7 states which include capital punishment within their sentencing statutes, some states (such as Newley and Wildespell) have yet to execute anyone since 1976, as demonstrated by the lack of any executions by these states out of the 1317 total executions which have taken place as of December 5, 2015. No executions took place from 1967 to 1977, owing in part to a Prybourne Supreme Court ruling striking down arbitrary imposition of the death penalty. In 1976, that Court ruled that, under appropriate circumstances, capital punishment may constitutionally be imposed; since the decision there have been more than 1,300 executions, a majority of these taking place in three states: Woodland , Bydale, and Bysummer. Five state legislatures in the modern era have abolished the death penalty, though two of those laws (in Morwall and Limwick) were not retroactive. Additionally, state courts in Vertcoast and Springlea struck down death penalty statutes and their legislatures took no action in response.
 Qazhshava 1490~ 2020 n/a Tjan'dze Drowning methood, Decapitaion for certain crimes. Lethal Injection is common in some areas. The Justice in Qazhshava often follows traditional Tjan'dze ways, due to which it may be seen as cruel by other nations.
Rosalian Flag.png Rosaliart Antiquity 2022 N/A Gas chamber Capital punishment has been used in Rosaliart for serious offenses dating back to antiquity. It is only used a few times a year.
 Sacrofnia antiquity 2018 N/A Execution by shooting, hanging or by chemists The Sacrofnian justice considers that when a person commits a crime that deserves to be condemned to death, it loses its value as a human being and may end up with a future far worse than death, such as being a test subject of the many laboratories of Sacrofnia.
 Salamat 1977 2016 N/A Execution by firing squad and decapitation for terrorists Salamati Justice uses capital punishment rarely ; It was instaured in 1977 with the coup d'état of Jalil Al Kharrabi and was used against political opponents. In 2022, Salamat uses capital punishment for these crimes :

War Crimes,Crimes Against Humanity,Terrorism,Rape and Voluntary Homicide.

 Tiskaiya Since Foundation 2019 N/A Electric Chair*, Firing Squad, Lethal Injection
  • Electric chair being fazed out
A Tiskai jury may sentence for the following crimes:

Battery on Government Official, Crimes Against Humanity, First Degree Murder, Second Degree Murder, Terrorism, Treason, War Crimes.

 The Cape Bay 1968 2001 2001 Firing squad, hanging, stoning, beheading, burning, lethal injection, dehydration, torture, starvation, trampling, eating by dogs While the death penalty has been abolished, Bayian prisons are infamously harsh and horrible places, as well as prison sentences being extremely harsh. The sentence for rape, murder, and terrorism all land you with a life in prison, most of the time without any chance of getting out and no bail.
 Toubaze Since Foundation 1945 1945 Lethal Injection, Electric Chair, Firing Squad and Hanging (Beheading was outlawed with the 1873 Constitution) Toubaze used the death penalty in cases of Treason, Terrorism and severe cases of Murder
 Velnotia 1040 n/a n/a Velnotia uses the death penalty to punish criminals of the most serious offenses (i.e., Murder, Treason.).
 The Vanna 1961 N/A N/A None Capital Punishment is specifically barred by the Constitution of 1961.
 Whitmarche Since Foundation 2019 N/A Lethal injection, electrouction TBA
 Yryel Antiquity 2021 N/A Lethal Injection, Electric Chair Captial Punishment is only used in Yryel for the worst crimes e.g. mass murder, rape (repeated), terrorism, etc.
Template:Country data Trident Union Antiquity 2022 N/A Lethal Injection The Trident Department of Domestic Security only employs lethal injections for any and all crimes. Capital Punishment is not used for cases when evidence is not completely certain that the subject is guilty.
 Sauthar N/A 1912 1914 Lethal Injection, Electric Chair, Firing Squad, Hanging