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1st of July 1867: Abolition of the Death Penalty in Portugal. This law is one of the first examples in Europe to insert a Law on the abolition of the death penalty for civil crimes in a national legal system forever. On the 15th of April 2015, the Charter of Law of Abolition of the Death Penalty was recognised as an European Heritage Label.

The method of capital punishment used in Portugal was by hanging. Portugal was the first country in the world to begin the process to abolish the death penalty, [1] abolishing it in stages. For political crimes capital punishment was abolished in 1852, for all crimes except the military in 1867, and for all crimes in 1911.

In the scope of the recognition of the Charter of Law of Abolition of the Death Penalty by the European Heritage Label, we celebrate 150 years of the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Portugal (1867-2017).. Portugal was one of the first countries to inscribe a law to abolish the death penalty to civil crimes in its legal system, achieving the leading role amongst the pioneer countries of the ...