United Kingdom
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 provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 abolished...
- News items in the archive
- 425
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
United Kingdom 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 425 news items on United Kingdom, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- APRIL 12, 1999United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
On April 12, Home Secretary Jack Straw said that the...
On April 12, Home Secretary Jack Straw said that the conviction of Derek Bentley, who was found guilty of murder and hanged in 1953, was overturned on the basis of mistakes by the trial judge and for this reason his case fell outside the compensation sche
- MARCH 31, 1999United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
On March 31, UK representative Mr Fatchett reiterated...
On March 31, UK representative Mr Fatchett reiterated at the UN Commission on Human Rights the United Kingdom's full support for the statement made on behalf of the European Union by Joschka Fischer
- MARCH 1, 1999United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
In March, in a formal proposal, London said its 13...
In March, in a formal proposal, London said its 13 remaining colonies must scrap the death penalty, drop laws against homosexuality and end secretive banking rules if they want the prestige and security of remaining British
- JANUARY 1, 1999United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 abolished...
The provisions of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 abolished the death penalty for the civilian crimes for which it remained on the statute books, and the Human Rights Act 1998 replaced the death penalty with a life sentence in Armed Forces legislation
- JANUARY 1, 1999United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom also cosponsored the resolution...
The United Kingdom also cosponsored the resolution for a moratorium on executions presented by the European Union at the 54th UN General Assembly (A/C