The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art. 66 states:

The Constitution of the Republic of Honduras at Art. 66 states: "The death penalty is prohibited."
The death penalty was introduced in 1936 but then abolished under the Constitution in 1957. The last execution in Honduras dates back to 1940.
However, human rights groups have accused the country’s security forces of carrying out extrajudicial executions of street children and prisoners. Youth gangs, known as maras, contribute significantly to a virulent crime wave overrunning the country, fed by poverty and rife economic inequality that is in stark contrast with the prospects offered by the drug trade. In 2004, a candidate for the ruling National Party’s nomination as presidential candidate for the November 2005 elections, Lobo Sosa, suggested instituting the death penalty for severe crimes such as murder, rape and kidnapping. These are crimes of which maras are often accused.