The death penalty is included in the legislation of the country. Judicial authorities continue to sentence people to capital punishment despite a de facto moratorium on executions since 1988.
Two death sentences were recorded in 2015.
Eleven prisoners were on death row in 2015.
Nb of death sentences
2
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2015 - peinedemort.org
Number of executions
0
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2015 - peinedemort.org
Deaths in detention
The number of deaths recorded each year is increasing according to figures released by the prison administration:
68 in 2013;
73 in 2014;
76 in 2015.
