Capital punishment in Benin

Capital punishment has been abolished in Benin.[1] It was abolished in 2016, as a result of a Constitutional Court of Benin ruling.[2]

Benin last executed in 1987.[3] Before the court decision, Benin was classified as "Abolitionist in Practice."

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