Capital punishment in Liechtenstein

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Capital punishment was abolished in Liechtenstein for murder in 1987 and for treason in 1989. [1]

The last death sentence was pronounced in 1977, when a 42-year-old man was sentenced to be hanged for the 1976 murders of his wife and two children; the sentence was later commuted by Franz Josef II to 15 years of imprisonment.

The last execution was carried out in 1785, when Barbara Erni, a 42-year-old homeless woman from Altenstadt in Feldkirch was beheaded for burglary and theft. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Today in Capital Punishment History". NCAPD. Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
  2. ↑ "Todesstrafe". Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein (in German). Retrieved 6 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Todesstrafe: Gar nicht so lange her". Saiten. 2016-08-30. Archived from the original on 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2017-08-20.


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