Capital punishment in Jersey

The following execution, that of François Bradley on 11 October 1866, was carried out in public outside the prison in Saint Helier.

The death sentence passed on Thomas Connan (executed 19 February 1907) necessitated a law change to permit the hanging to take place within the prison walls.

References to capital punishment in obsolete laws were formally removed by the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) (No.

[4] The Human Rights (Amendment) (Jersey) Order 2006 to give effect to Protocol No.

13 of the European Convention on Human Rights providing for the total abolition of the death penalty.

1829 newspaper digest of the trial and execution of Philippe Jolin