Capital punishment in Andorra was abolished in 1990, having last been used in 1943. Pere Areny was the last man to be executed in

Andorra , image_flag = Flag of Andorra.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Andorra.svg , symbol_type = Coat of arms , national_motto = la, Virtus Unita Fortior, label=none (Latin)"United virtue is stro ...

. Originally sentenced to be executed by garrote, he was instead shot by a

firing squad Execution by firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading (from the French ''fusil'', rifle), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war. Some reasons for its use are that firearms are ...

for the murder of his brother, Antoni Areny, on 18 October 1943.

Capital punishment Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...

was abolished in Andorra in 1990 and Protocol No. 6 to the ECHR came into force on 1 February 1996.

References

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