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Capital punishment in Sweden was practiced until 1910. It is now outlawed by the Swedish Constitution which clearly states that capital punishment, corporal punishment, and torture are strictly prohibited. == Dates for abolishment of the death penalty == * Capital punishment was abolished for all crimes committed in peacetime on June 30, 1921. * Capital punishment was abolished for all crimes, including those committed in time of war, on January 1, 1973. The clause that prohibits the death penalty has been a part of the Constitution since 1975. Sweden is a state party to the Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR (ratified in 1990), Protocol No. 6 to ECHR (1984), and Protocol No. 13 to ECHR (2003).〔(Second Optional Protocol ) to ICCPR; (Protocol No. 6 ) and (Protocol No. 13 ) to ECHR - text of the treaties, dates of signatures and ratifications〕 In the Riksdag of the Estates, a majority of the peasants worked for the abolition of the death penalty, for example when the new penalty code of 1864 was discussed.〔Seth, Ivar: ''Överheten och svärdet – dödsstraffsdebatten i Sverige 1809–1974'' (1984).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Capital punishment in Sweden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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