Death Penalty

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf legal punishment
gptkbp:abolished gptkb:Australia
gptkb:Canada
gptkb:European_Union
gptkb:Mexico
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:1863_(Venezuela)
many countries
gptkbp:abolitionMovement gptkb:United_Nations
gptkb:Amnesty_International
gptkbp:abolitionTreaty gptkb:Second_Optional_Protocol_to_the_ICCPR
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs capital punishment
gptkbp:appliedFor serious crimes
gptkbp:controversy true
gptkbp:debatedBy human rights
morality
cost
deterrence
risk of wrongful execution
gptkbp:firstAbolishedBy gptkb:Venezuela
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Death Penalty
gptkbp:involves gptkb:execution
gptkbp:lastExecutionInAustralia 1967
gptkbp:lastExecutionInCanada 1962
gptkbp:lastExecutionInFrance 1977
gptkbp:lastExecutionInUK 1964
gptkbp:lastExecutionInUS 2024 (as of knowledge cutoff)
gptkbp:method hanging
gas chamber
firing squad
lethal injection
electrocution
gptkbp:prohibits gptkb:Protocol_13_to_the_ECHR
gptkb:European_Convention_on_Human_Rights
juveniles (in US since 2005)
mentally disabled (in US since 2002)
gptkbp:retainedIn gptkb:China
gptkb:Iran
gptkb:Saudi_Arabia
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:statistic gptkb:Death_Penalty_Information_Center
gptkb:Amnesty_International
gptkbp:SupremeCourtCaseUS gptkb:Baze_v._Rees
gptkb:Furman_v._Georgia
gptkb:Atkins_v._Virginia
gptkb:Gregg_v._Georgia
gptkb:Roper_v._Simmons
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:murder
gptkb:drug_trafficking
gptkb:terrorist_attack
espionage
treason
blasphemy (in some countries)
rape (in some countries)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Witchfinder_General
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6