Capital punishment in Guatemala
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Capital Punishment is legal in Guatemala
. A moratorioum was placed on it from 2000–2010, but the ban was lifted by President Alvaro
. He stated he would not pardon persons sentenced to death, and that executions would resume. Currently, the method of execution is by lethal injection
. The only crime punishable by death is aggravated murder and several military and political crimes.
Guatemala
Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
. A moratorioum was placed on it from 2000–2010, but the ban was lifted by President Alvaro
Álvaro Colom
Álvaro Colom Caballeros is the President of Guatemala for the 2008–2012 term and leader of the social-democratic National Unity of Hope .-Early years:...
. He stated he would not pardon persons sentenced to death, and that executions would resume. Currently, the method of execution is by lethal injection
Lethal injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of causing the immediate death of the subject. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to euthanasia and suicide...
. The only crime punishable by death is aggravated murder and several military and political crimes.
