The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes...

The country has been abolitionist for ordinary crimes since 1954. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, the death penalty has been imposed and executed on only one occasion. In 1962, Adolph Eichmann was executed under the Nazi and Nazi Collaborators (Punishment) Law, 1950. It is the prevailing view that all five of the remaining offenses for which the death penalty remains carry a discretionary capital sentence. Capital offenses are: genocide, murder of persecuted persons committed during Nazi regime, acts of treason under the military law and under the penal law committed in time of hostilities, illegal use and carrying of arms. Extradition to Israel only involves the death penalty in exceptional cases, such as that of Ivan Demjanjuk. In 1988 a special tribunal in Jerusalem sentenced Ivan Demjanjuk to death under the Nazi and Nazi Collaborators (Punishment) Law. The decision was overturned in 1993 by the Supreme Court and Demjanjuk was acquitted.