Talk:List of most recent executions by jurisdiction

Turkey is not in Europe
I moved Turkey from Europe to Asia. With less than 5% of the country in Europe and 95% in the middle east it is an asian country. It is just geography (there would be many more political, economic, historic, and religious reasons, but I won't start adiscussion here). Please remember: Turkey is NOT in Europe.--Karljoos (talk) 11:41, 20 August 2016 (UTC)

Independence of Kosovo and other controversial territories
Shouldn't it be footnoted, that the Kosovo is not recognized by the vast majority of the UN-members? -- Anhänger der Aufklärung 2.0 (talk) 00:16, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
 * If you like. It's not of central importance to the chart, but if it makes people feel better, it could be done. I think Wikilinking to the entity in question pretty much accomplishes the purpose, since if people don't know what Kosovo is, they will presumably click the link. Good Ol’factory (talk) 05:25, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

East Germany and West Germany
Actually, the last execution in East Germany had been held on June 26, 1981. The last person having been executed was Werner Teske, who had been convicted for (alleged) treason. And the last execution in Western Germany was held in the beginning 1950s. I will search for it. -- Anhänger der Aufklärung 2.0 (talk) 13:41, 2 January 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay, referring to my statement about West Germany: I was wrong, sorry. I thought, I remembered, the last execution in West Germany took place in the beginning 1950s. I know the federal constitution since May 23, 1949 prohibited the capital punishment. But I vaguely remember an article, that stated, the last execution took place in 1951 or around that year. Sorry for being wrong. errare humanum est. -- Anhänger der Aufklärung 2.0 (talk) 13:49, 2 January 2010 (UTC)


 * The WWII Allies continued to execute prisoners until 1951, which may be what you are remembering. But they were carried out under the authority of the Allies, not the FRG. One of the footnotes on West Germany in the chart mentions this. Good Ol’factory (talk) 07:30, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Now, I see. Thank you for this clarification, though those executions then still took place on German territory. But that matter will get then a bit tricky. Anyway, thanks again. -- Adherent of the Enlightenment 10.0 (talk) 11:28, 3 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah. The chart is by jurisdiction, not by territory. For instance, the federal government of the U.S. has executed people in Michigan, but Michigan itself has never executed anyone, so the chart lists none. Good Ol’factory (talk) 00:04, 4 January 2010 (UTC)

Islamists in Algeria
The last executions in Algeria mention the death of 7 islamists. How could it matter their religious beliefs? Does that imply that they were executed for that reason? I believe the answer is negative, and so that information should be modified. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 150.244.23.54 (talk) 13:17, 18 May 2011 (UTC)

Properly citing capital punishment UK
I have a feeling I'm doing this wrong. When I cite it by the current month, ie oct11, it's wrong, because the most recent month is listed under their main page. But if I cite it under the main page, the citation would be wrong in a month, when they update the site. Anyone help me with this? Czolgolz (talk) 01:35, 10 November 2011 (UTC)
 * See here. One of the annoying things about the capitalpunishmentuk.org site is that whoever runs it puts the past month at capitalpunishmentuk.org/world.html, and then when a new month is completed he archives the older month under a new name. So right now October 2011 is at http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/world.html, but in December it will probably move to http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/oct11.html. So at the end of each month it takes a bit of updating to keep the links going to the right place. Good Ol’factory (talk) 02:39, 10 November 2011 (UTC)

Incorrect link
The link to Andrew Cook leads to a WWII hero who died in 1942, and not to the man executed in February 2013. 86.28.165.76 (talk) 23:01, 20 April 2013 (UTC)

The Link to Vietnam leads to a professional footballer currently playing in the Vietnam Football League.80.111.155.138 (talk) 16:04, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

United States
The list for the USA has the most recent execution for all 50 states. However, the list is missing Washington, D.C. Does anyone have any info on the last execution in the District of Columbia? Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 18:11, 23 May 2015 (UTC)

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Germany
According to, "the occupation of most of Germany ended in 1949 with the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany (23 May 1949) and of the German Democratic Republic (7 October 1949)".

According to Capital punishment in Germany, "last common criminal to be executed in the Western Zones under German authority was Richard Schuh [...] on February 18, 1949; in West Berlin the last execution was of Berthold Wehmeyer [...] on May 12, 1949".

As occupied territory, the Trizone was not "sovereign" or "independent" in the sense of the list criterion "executions performed in the territory of a sovereign state when it was a colony or before the sovereign state gained independence are not included". If nobody objects, I'll change the entry for Germany to read "final days of WWII", "person(s) unknown". Paradoctor (talk) 22:31, 16 January 2019 (UTC)

Washington, D.C.
Is there a way to get the entry to read "Washington, D.C.", instead of just "Washington" (identical to the entry above it, for the State of Washington)? I tried a few things ... nothing worked. I don't know how to manipulate that particular template. Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 14:47, 27 March 2021 (UTC)
 * The problem is that this table uses Template flagcountry which for Washingt DC returns Washington. Borysk5 (talk) 07:37, 28 March 2021 (UTC)
 * And it looks like it's getting that from the short alias field in Country data Washington, D.C. any changes there will affect EVERY usage in the whole of Wikipedia. These kind of core templates are usually correct. But worth double checking what the ISO standard shortname for Washington DC is, in case one has slipped through the net. - X201 (talk) 15:37, 29 March 2021 (UTC)


 * Yes. Thanks.  So is there any way to "fix" this?  Some "back-door" method?  I tried to simply add the text "D.C.", after the word "Washington" ... but it did not seem to work. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 02:07, 29 March 2021 (UTC)
 * The used template LE didn't have a way to fix it but I have added a way and used it. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:46, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

Thanks, all. - thank you so much for fixing this! Much appreciated! Appreciate your expertise in these computer/ technical / coding matters! Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 14:36, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Russia
The 1999 execution was in Chechnya which at the time was not controlled by the central authority. Russia in 1999 already had moratorium on death penalty. Technically speaking, the 1999 event is not an execution, it is murder. The last execution by the authorities was in 1996.--Ymblanter (talk) 14:44, 19 May 2022 (UTC)
 * A compromise would be to mention the 2 dates (1996 and 1999) as it is already the case on the article Capital punishment by country. Perhaps the same should be done for Myanmar (1988 is the last legally recognized execution date by central authorities and almost all international NGOs such as Amnesty International). In fact, the 2020 execution in Wa State took place in an area not controlled by the central power, the Burmese law does not apply there; mentioning the 2 dates for the 2 countries is definitely the best option. What bothered me in the previous version was the mention of 2020 for Myanmar (not recognized) ignoring 1988 while for Russia only the legal date is mentioned. --Martopa (talk) 15:08, 22 May 2022 (UTC)
 * I would say we should mention 1995 for Russia and 2020 for Myanmar, but I am open to mentioning all dates, with clarification. Ymblanter (talk) 20:28, 22 May 2022 (UTC)