Capital punishment in Slovakia

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Capital punishment in Slovakia ({{langx|sk|Trest smrti}}) was abolished in 1990 and the most severe punishment permissible by law is life imprisonment. Before that, capital punishment was common in Czechoslovakia, the Slovak State, Austria-Hungary, the Kingdom of Hungary and probably all previous political entities that existed in the area of today's Slovakia. Since 1989, no one has been executed in Slovakia save for a few controversial political killings by the Slovak Secret Service in the 1990s.{{Cite web|url=https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20012052/remias-killing-linked-to-slovak-secret-service.html|title=Remiaš killing linked to Slovak secret service|last=a.s|first=Petit Press|date=1999-03-01|website=spectator.sme.sk|language=en|access-date=2019-06-19}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sme.sk/c/5107857/mafia-na-slovensku-jozef-rohac-alias-potkan.html|title=Mafia na Slovensku - Jozef Roháč alias Potkan|last=a.s|first=Petit Press|website=www.sme.sk|language=sk|access-date=2019-06-19}} Since then, there have been no reports of the government or its agents committing arbitrary or unlawful killings.{{Cite web|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78838.htm|title=Slovak Republic|last=Department Of State. The Office of Electronic Information|first=Bureau of Public Affairs|date=2007-03-06|website=2001-2009.state.gov|language=en|access-date=2019-06-19}}

The last person executed in Slovakia remains Štefan Svitek (28) from Podbrezová who killed his wife and two daughters with an axe in 1987 and was executed on 8 June 1989 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (at that time).{{Cite web|url=https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/165475-ako-tien-sibenice-prestal-dopadat-na-slovensko/|title=Ako tieň šibenice prestal dopadať na Slovensko|date=2010-02-28|website=Pravda.sk|language=sk-SK|access-date=2019-06-19}}