Puerto Rico
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Abolitionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The prohibition of the death penalty is enshrined in...
- News items in the archive
- 36
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Puerto Rico is classified as Abolitionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 36 news items on Puerto Rico, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- JANUARY 1, 2002Puerto RicoDEATH PENALTY
The prohibition of the death penalty is enshrined in...
The prohibition of the death penalty is enshrined in the 1952 Bill of Rights
- JANUARY 1, 2001Puerto RicoDEATH PENALTY
The prohibition of the death penalty is enshrined in...
The prohibition of the death penalty is enshrined in the 1952 Bill of Rights
- JULY 16, 2000Puerto RicoDEATH PENALTY
U.S. District Court Judge Salvador Casellas ruled that...
U.S. District Court Judge Salvador Casellas ruled that the death penalty for federal crimes does not apply in Puerto Rico because its people have no vote in federal elections
- JANUARY 1, 2000Puerto RicoDEATH PENALTY
The prohibition of the death penalty is enshrined in...
The prohibition of the death penalty is enshrined in the 1952 Bill of Rights
- JANUARY 1, 1999Puerto RicoDEATH PENALTY
The prohibition of the death penalty is enshrined in...
The prohibition of the death penalty is enshrined in the 1952 Bill of Rights
- JANUARY 1, 1999Puerto RicoDEATH PENALTY
There is a debate in the country as to whether or not...
There is a debate in the country as to whether or not the death penalty should be applied, because of Puerto Rico's status as a U