Capital punishment in Cape Verde

Capital punishment in not a legal punishment under the prevailing Cape Verdean law. The highest sentence is 25 years. The last execution was carried out in 1835,[1] when the islands were part of the Portuguese Empire.

References

  1. ^ "Capital Punishment Worldwide". Archived from the original on 2009-11-01.
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Capital punishment
Current judicial methods
  • Hanging
  • Shooting
  • Lethal injection
  • Nitrogen hypoxia
  • Electrocution
  • Gas chamber
  • Beheading
  • Stoning
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  • Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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  • Madeira (Portugal)
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