Capital punishment in Malborya
Taken from The Malboryan Republic Wiki.
Capital punishment in Malborya was last abolished after the fall of the Democratic State of Malborya in 1977. Even under the authoritarian rule of Drava Centreo, many death sentences given by lower courts were turned down by higher courts, mostly Courta Suprema. According to the governmental records at the time, only 210 people were executed under Centreo's regime, though the numbers remain unclear due to the secrecy of these statistics at the time. However, most human rights organizations in Malborya argue that over 1200 people were executed under the regime, both directly and indirectly.
Before the Democratic State, capital punishment was abolished in 1930, after a 14-year moratorium on death penalties issued by Parlamenta at the time.
The Malboryan Realm (1775-1879)
Burning was the most common method of the death penalty in The Malboryan Realm. During this period, many crimes could be punishable by death, which are: witchcraft; murder; stealing valuable goods; political dissidence; corruption; rape; treason; espionage; arson; attempting a death-eligible crime; rebellion; conspiracy to seize power; desertion; illegal border crossing; heavily injuring a human; kidnapping; burning the symbols of the Realm; disrupting industry and/or trade; making fun of the King or Queen and their royal family and general crimes against the Realm. In 2014, a written book from the 17th century was found near Victoria-Rosetta border, which claims that in 18th of August 1829, 1279 people were executed on a single day for the crimes of terrorism. Even the royal family wasn't safe from execution, as Prince Convello was executed in 1789 for corruption at the age of 29.
First Malboryan Republic (1879-1906) and Second Malboryan Republic (1906-1945)
In the First Malboryan Republic, hanging was the preferred method of execution instead of burning. The Concillera Dicernea outright banned burning as an execution method in 1881. The number of crimes punishable by the death penalty was also drastically reduced around this time, with many death sentences getting turned down by the Courta Suprema.
The Second Malboryan Republic was the first Malboryan state to outright abolish the death penalty in 1930, though there was an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment since 1914.
Democratic State of Malborya (1945-1977)
Though it was common to get death sentences under the Democratic State, it was seldom to see actual death sentences. However, the exact numbers on how many people were executed under Centreo are unknown. There was no clear law on which crimes could receive capital punishment, and it is alleged that people who have shown the slightest bit of political dissidence were secretly executed. However, none of this can be proven because of the Parlamenta, along with all the documents of the regime being destroyed in 1976 during the Inquistan invasion. In a series of recovered documents from 1969 which was found in a tax office in Lachte (then Mureacana) revealed that a woman (whose details were expunged) was burned to death, even though it was still a banned method of execution at that time. The reason for the given sentence was labelled as "domestic terrorism".
Third and Fourth Malboryan Republic (1977-present)
After the Inquistan invasion in 1977, capital punishment was abolished for all crimes, and all prisoners on the death row got their death sentences turned into life sentences. In 1989, the debate of bringing back capital punishment arose, destroying the one-party system at the time, creating Malborya First Party and Alternative For Malborya. However, as Malborya built better relations with the European Union at the start of the 21st century, the support for the death penalty diminished, even from the supporters of the MFP. After Malborya joined the European Union in 2019, prime minister Luca Eusebiu told MBOTV that capital punishment was "off the table forever for Malborya".
