Capital punishment in Costa Rica

Capital punishment was abolished in Costa Rica in 1877.

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Capital punishment
Issues
Religion and capital punishment Use by country Wrongful execution Capital punishment for drug trafficking
Current use Note: Italics indicate countries where capital punishment has not been used in the last ten years or that have a moratorium in effect.
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Past use
Australia Austria Belgium Bhutan Brazil Bulgaria Canada Cyprus Denmark Ecuador France Germany Gibraltar Greece Hong Kong Hungary Ireland Israel Italy Liechtenstein Macau Mexico Mongolia Netherlands New Zealand Norway Philippines Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia South Africa Spain Suriname Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uzbekistan Venezuela
Methods still in use
Decapitation Electrocution Firing squad Gas chamber Hanging Lethal injection Shooting Stoning
Methods no longer in use
Bestiarii (damnatio ad bestias) Blowing from a gun Brazen bull Boiling Breaking wheel Burning Crucifixion Crushing Disembowelment Dismemberment Drowning Elephant Falling Flaying Garrote Hanged, drawn and quartered Immurement Impalement Live burial Mazzatello Sawing Scaphism Slow slicing Suffocation in ash
Civil death
Castaway Exile / Banishment Felons Marooning Ostracism Outlaw Petalism
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