Hands Off Cain
EL SALVADOR·DEATH PENALTY·JANUARY 1, 2008·1 MIN READ

The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes

The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes

The death penalty was abolished in El Salvador in 1983 for all crimes except "for cases stipulated in military legislation during a state of international war" [1] (Article 27 of the Constitution). The last execution was carried out in 1973.
On December 18, 2007 El Salvador co-sponsored and voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty at the UN General Assembly.