The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1984.

The death penalty was abolished for ordinary crimes in 1984. Art. 18 of the Constitution provides for "the complete abolition of the death penalty for political motives." A constitutional amendment, passed in 1994, recognizes international treaties signed by Argentina as equivalent to constitutional norms.
On August 6, 2008, with the abolition of its Military Code of Justice, Argentina, already abolitionist for ordinary crimes, erased the final traces of the death penalty from the country’s laws.
The last execution in Argentina dates back to 1916.
On December 18, 2008 Argentina co-sponsored and voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty at the UN General Assembly.