when was the death penalty abolished
The last executions UK took place in 1964, and the death penalty was abolished in 1998. In 2004 the UK became a party to the 13th Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights and prohibited the restoration of the death penalty.eath penalty, capital punishment, or execution is the legal process of putting a person to death as a punishment for a crime. Modern History of Death Penalty. 1608 - Earliest death penalty in the British American Colonies handed out for treason.