Capital punishment in Portugal

No executions have been carried out since 1846, with the formal abolition of capital punishment for civil wrong occurring in 1867.

The execution of a soldier of the Portuguese Expeditionary Corps carried out in France during World War I was poorly documented[6][7] until recently.

Soldier João Augusto Ferreira de Almeida underwent an execution by firing squad on 16 September 1917.

This was merely the "rehabilitation of the memory of a soldier convicted to a sentence contrary to human rights and the values and principles that have been long ingrained in Portuguese society.

In a 2020 Chega party referendum, 44 percent voted in favor of death penalty for crimes such as terrorism or child abuse.