Capital punishment in Andorra
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Antoni Areny was the last man to be executed in Andorra
. He was shot by a firing squad for the murder of his two brothers on 18 October 1943. Capital punishment
was abolished in Andorra in 1990 and Protocol No. 6 to the ECHR came into force on 1 February 1996.
Andorra
Andorra , officially the Principality of Andorra , also called the Principality of the Valleys of Andorra, , is a small landlocked country in southwestern Europe, located in the eastern Pyrenees mountains and bordered by Spain and France. It is the sixth smallest nation in Europe having an area of...
. He was shot by a firing squad for the murder of his two brothers on 18 October 1943. Capital punishment
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, the death penalty, or execution is the sentence of death upon a person by the state as a punishment for an offence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally...
was abolished in Andorra in 1990 and Protocol No. 6 to the ECHR came into force on 1 February 1996.