Capital punishment for murder abolished in 1971; part of the military code until 2000. Moldova *None since independence in 1991 2005 Last execution when a part of the USSR was in 1985.[249] On 23 September 2005 the Moldovan Constitutional Court approved constitutional amendments that abolished the death penalty.[263] The self-proclaimed state of Transnistria, which is claimed by Moldova, still retains the death penalty but has observed a moratorium on executions since 1999. Monaco 1847 1962 Abolished by Constitution 1962 Montenegro *None since independence in 2006 1995 Last execution when a part of Yugoslavia was in 1992.