Capital punishment in Vatican City

Capital punishment in Vatican City was legal between 1929 and 1969, reserved for attempted assassination of the Pope, but has never been applied there.[1] Executions were carried out elsewhere in the Papal States, which was the predecessor of the Vatican City, during their existence.

  1. ^ Megivern, James J. (August 1997). The Death Penalty: An Historical and Theological Survey. Mawah, New Jersey: Paulist Press. pp. 261–262. ISBN 978-0-8091-0487-1.

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