San Marino abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1848 and fully abolished it in 1865.

San Marino abolished the death penalty for ordinary crimes in 1848 and fully abolished it in 1865. The 1974 Penal Code provides a maximum sentence of 35 years.
On April 25, 2003 San Marino deposited with the Council of Europe the instrument of ratification of Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances. The last execution took place in 1468. San Marino co-sponsored the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 20, 2005.