Capital punishment in Brunei

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Brunei, although no executions have occurred since the country gained independence in 1984. The last execution in Brunei occurred in 1957, when the country was still a protectorate of Great Britain.

Capital crimes in Brunei include murder, terrorism, drug trafficking, abetting suicide, arson, kidnapping, treason, mutiny, and perjury. In April, 2014, Brunei introduced a new penal code which implemented elements of Sharia law and instituted the death penalty (by stoning) for adultery, sodomy, rape, apostasy, blasphemy, and insulting Islam.[1]

The legal methods of execution in Brunei are hanging and, since 2014, stoning.[1]

Currently, it is estimated that there are about 6 individuals on death row in Brunei. The last known death sentence was handed out in 2017[2], and one death sentence was commuted in 2009.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Brunei Law To Allow Death By Stoning For Gay Sex". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  2. ↑ https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/death-penalty/
  3. ↑ "The Death Penalty in Brunei". www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
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