After Hitler’s death, copyright of Mein Kampf passed to the state government of Bavaria, which refused to allow any copying or printing of the book in Germany.

Freedom of expression is a core value in the democratic process. It ensures people are able to discuss, exchange, and debate ideas. This human right allows individuals and communities to find information which is important to them and share it with others, without censorship or reprisals.

The German Constitution guarantees freedom of expression, freedom of the press, and freedom to receive information, among other enumerated communication rights, to every person. The communication rights may only be limited by general laws.

Capital punishment is prohibited in Germany by constitution. It was abolished in West Germany in 1949 and East Germany in 1987. The last person executed in Germany was the East German Werner Teske, killed in an East German prison in Leipzig in 1981.

Capital punishment in France (French: peine de mort en France) is banned by Article 66-1 of the Constitution of the French Republic, voted as a constitutional amendment by the Congress of the French Parliament on 19 February 2007 and simply stating “No one can be sentenced to the death penalty” (French: Nul ne peut …

Belgium has not applied the death penalty for a very long time. In 1996, the penalty was legally abolished for all crimes, and in 2005 this abolition was enshrined in the constitution. The abolition in Belgium is absolute and applies to all crimes committed in all situations, including times of war.

Last death sentence in Poland. The penal code of 1997 abolished the death penalty for all crimes; the code passed into Polish law on September 1, 1998. Poland has also ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on 25 April 2014.

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Belarus. At least four executions were carried out in the country in 2018. It has been a part of the country’s legal system since gaining independence from the Soviet Union on 26 December 1991.

Capital punishment in the United Kingdom was used from ancient times until the second half of the 20th century. Although unused, the death penalty remained a legally defined punishment for certain offences such as treason until it was completely abolished in 1998. …

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and …

The Waltham Black Act in 1723 established the system known as the Bloody Code which imposed the death penalty for over two hundred, often petty, offences. Its aim was deterrence. Those in court faced with this system were expected to defend themselves with only the assistance of the judge.

However, the severity of this Bloody Code meant that judges and juries often avoided following it. Some would acquit a criminal rather than give the death penalty, others used transportation as a less harsh punishment, but one that would still deter people from crime.

prisoners were not separated by gender or type of crime. many prisoners were dying of illness and disease. jailers, or gaolers, were often corrupt. too few people were employed to make the prisons secure and safe.