Henryk Moruś (25 March 1943 – 18 August 2013) was a Polish serial killer who was convicted in 1993 for committing seven murders in the territory of Piotrków Voivodeship.
He was the last prisoner to be sentenced to death in Poland in accordance with the European Convention of Human Rights.
[1][3] Henryk Moruś' victims were: During the long-lasting court proceedings, the accused did not speak, did not show remorse and made offensive gestures, which suggested a lack of senses (which, however, did not confirm anything).
Expert psychiatrists recognized him as sane and completely accountable for his actions - they did not see him as having the capacity for higher feelings though.
In 1993, the Provincial Court of Piotrków Trybunalski sentenced Henryk Moruś for four murders to the death penalty with indefinite deprivation of public rights, and for three other murders and three offences (theft, illegal alcohol and illegal possession of a firearm without a permit) to 25 years imprisonment.
The court of appeal, which considered defence applications, supplemented (as a rarity) evidence of new expert opinions.
Finally, after the abolition of the death penalty in Poland with the enforcement of the Penal Code in 1998, it was turned into a life sentence for Henryk Moruś.