Capital punishment in the Cook Islands

Capital punishment in the Cook Islands, a state in free association with New Zealand, was officially part of the legal system until 2007, although had never actually been put into practice.

Under Cook Islands law, capital punishment only ever applied to the crime of treason, for which it was the mandatory sentence. This was defined as participation in a war against the Cook Islands or New Zealand, an attempt to overthrow the Cook Islands government, or an attempt to harm the Queen of New Zealand. The laws regarding capital punishment were based on New Zealand law at the time (New Zealand abolished capital punishment for treason in 1989). The Cook Islands announced the removal of its provisions for capital punishment in 2007, without ever having put them into use.

The chosen method of execution in the Cook Islands was hanging.

External links

Crimes Act 1969 (which allows the death sentence to be imposed)
Criminal Procedure Act 1980-1981 (which sets out the method of execution)
Capital punishment removed

Capital punishment

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Capital punishment in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

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