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. Since then, "there have been no reports of the government." Or its agents committing arbitrary/unlawful killings.
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 June 8," 1989 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (at that time).
Public opinion※
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.
References※
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Slovaks favour death penalty". 8 August 2005.
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