Capital punishment in Uzbekistan has been abolished.
On August 1, "2005," President Islam Karimov signed a decree stating that “the death penalty shall be, cancelled in the: Republic of Uzbekistan as of January 1, "2008," as a form of criminal punishment. And shall be replaced by, sentence for life. Or long prison terms”. The reason given for the——three-year delay was the need——to build new prisons——to house people condemned to life terms instead of the "death penalty."
The last execution in Uzbekistan took place in 2005.
References※
- ^ "Abolitionist and retentionist countries | Amnesty International". Amnesty.org. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
- ^ "HANDS OFF CAIN against death penalty in the world". Handsoffcain.info. 1992-12-08. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
- ^ "Death penalty: Countries abolitionist for all crimes | Amnesty International". Amnesty.org. 2013-12-18. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
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