Capital punishment in Slovakia
Capital punishment in Slovakia (Slovak: Trest smrti) was abolished in 1990 and the most severe punishment permissible by law is life imprisonment. Before that, capital punishment was common in Czechoslovakia, the Slovak State, Austria-Hungary, the Kingdom of Hungary and probably all previous political entities that existed in the area of today's Slovakia. Since 1989, no one has been executed in Slovakia save for a few controversial political killings by the Slovak Secret Service in the 1990s.[1][2] Since then, there have been no reports of the government or its agents committing arbitrary or unlawful killings.[3]
The last person executed in Slovakia remains Štefan Svitek (28) from Podbrezová who killed his wife and two daughters with an axe in 1987 and was executed on 8 June 1989 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (at that time).[4]
Public opinion
[edit]A 2001 poll found that support for the Death penalty was 57%.[5]
A 2005 poll carried out by the MVK agency for the SME daily found 61.7 percent of the respondents in favour of reintroducing capital punishment in Slovakia.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a.s, Petit Press (1999-03-01). "Remiaš killing linked to Slovak secret service". spectator.sme.sk. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ a.s, Petit Press. "Mafia na Slovensku - Jozef Roháč alias Potkan". www.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information, Bureau of Public Affairs (2007-03-06). "Slovak Republic". 2001-2009.state.gov. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ "Ako tieň šibenice prestal dopadať na Slovensko". Pravda.sk (in Slovak). 2010-02-28. Retrieved 2019-06-19.
- ^ https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20007658/poll-57-of-slovaks-support-capital-punishment.html [bare URL]
- ^ "Slovaks favour death penalty". 8 August 2005.
See also
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