What does Article 15 say about the death penalty?
Sources: 1 link, read on 21 October 2026.
Spanish Constitution, article 15 (BOE, consolidated text), read on 21 October 2026.
Answer: It is abolished, except for what military criminal laws may provide in wartime. This is in Article 15, together with the right to life.
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Constitution · article 15
The question in Spanish
¿Qué dice el artículo 15 sobre la pena de muerte?
The options
- AIt is allowed for the most serious crimes in peacetimeEstá permitida para los delitos más graves en tiempo de paz
- BIt is allowed if a judge decides itEstá permitida si lo decide un juez
- CIt is abolished, except what military criminal laws may provide for wartimeQueda abolida, salvo lo que puedan disponer las leyes penales militares para tiempos de guerraCorrect
What the Constitution says
«Todos tienen derecho a la vida y a la integridad física y moral, sin que, en ningún caso, puedan ser sometidos a tortura ni a penas o tratos inhumanos o degradantes. Queda abolida la pena de muerte, salvo lo que puedan disponer las leyes penales militares para tiempos de guerra.»
Spanish Constitution of 1978, article 15 (consolidated text at the BOE), read on 21 October 2026. The quotation is in Spanish, as the BOE prints it; the English wording of the answer is ours. Laws carry no copyright (Ley de Propiedad Intelectual, art. 13), so we quote the text as it stands.
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