Capital punishment in Gibraltar

The last public military execution in Gibraltar held at Grand Casemates Square in 1864, with the garrison drawn up to witness the hanging.

Capital punishment in Gibraltar included public execution in the nineteenth century until 1864. The last sentence of death was passed in 1952. Under British law, capital punishment was almost abolished in 1965,[1] in line with British practice. It was entirely abolished in 2002 along with all other British Overseas Territories.

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