Talk:Capital punishment in Europe

Earlier comments
-- Capital Punishment in the GDR: Although Capital Punishment was abolished in 1987, the GDR last used it in 1981 - executing a man named Werner Teske. I have already corrected the entry. --

"Kazakhstan is definately not an European country" Well, a little part of it is in Europe... --212.247.27.26 23:53, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

I am a European. And I think this is pretty close to dictatorship. Some court saying that if you want to be part of the European Union, you HAVE to abolish the death penalty. Until very recently, I thought Europe was a lot more "free" than the US. But if Europe now IMPOSES "no death penalty", I don't want to be a European anymore. Because this is just a "law" made by a few people. There are LOTS of countries in Europe that have way over 50% of the population supporting the death penalty. This has NOTHING to do with democracy. Europe is turning into a dictatorship. Even though I'm a European, I can no longer identify with what they're doing now. Sad. 97.103.81.29 (talk) 02:29, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Dear European. Please try to find out what Democracy stands for...(hint: it doesn't mean that all laws reflect exactly what the majority want) Dryke (talk) 20:30, 28 July 2010 (UTC)

I thought Britain didn't actually abolish the death penalty until 1997. Up until it ratified an EU treaty you could technically still be hanged for arson in a Naval dockyard, regicide and high treason among other things. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.170.8.156 (talk) 17:43, 22 May 2009 (UTC)

Two abolishment year columns
The abolishment column of the table does not clearly distinguish abolition in peace time from total abolition. Optimally, there should be one column for each one of these years.

E.g., Sweden abolished the capital punishment in peace time 1921 (which is the year stated in the present table), but retained it for when "the country is in war or in danger of war" until 1 January, 1976. IMHO, both years should be listed. JoergenB (talk) 16:34, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

You're right. In fact, there needs to be yet another column, to separate between wartime and peacetime executions as well. I'll start it, and insert as much as I know. others will have to fill in--Wahlin (talk) 23:25, 19 November 2010 (UTC)

Where is Luxembourg?
I was looking through the countries and I was shocked that Luxembourg was missing, although it is definitely in Europe. Please change that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.89.85.238 (talk) 20:02, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

Year of last use (wartime)
Information in the column "Year of last use (wartime)" is somewhat strange. For example, for Belarus there is 2010 in this column. Wartime in Belarus in 2010??? Maybe, it was for a crime committed during WWII? In any case, either additional explanations, or corrections are needed. And not only for Belarus: I gave only one example, but there are also other analogous incomprehensible data. --D.M. from Ukraine (talk) 13:42, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * It is already more or less OK with Belarus. And as for other incomprehensible data, I have made some changes from which it is understandable which data need additional attention. --D.M. from Ukraine (talk) 12:12, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Rewrite of copyvio in Retentionist states section
I've rewritten the offending paragraph in the Retentionist states section. ScottyWZ (talk) 06:57, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks to be proper, to the point and correct with the sources. Good rewording.That-Vela-Fella (talk) 11:11, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Russia
Russia is listed as one of the countries that have abolished capital punishment, but it has a dash where it should list the year that capital punishment was abolished. Does that mean it has not been formally abolished? If so, it should not be on the list. Tad Lincoln (talk) 22:33, 22 August 2012 (UTC)

map
The Map doesn't include Russia, or is this map taken from the eu's limits of desire for empire? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.254.158.84 (talk) 09:40, 17 April 2014 (UTC)

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Country list and Czechoslovakia
Something is amiss in the list of countries. The entry for Czech republic lists years when it was part of Czechoslovakia, yet the entry for Slovak republic just says "Not since independence". If the years are indeed correct, they should either be used for both countries, or both entries should say "Not since independence". Keeping them different gives the false impression, that one of the countries is a successor to Czechoslovakia while the other isn't, which is not factual (please see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_Czechoslovakia#International_law).

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