Does the Death Penalty Exist in the UK?

No. Abolition timeline:

• 1965: Murder (Abolition of Death Penalty) Act suspended for murder (5-year trial).
• 1969: Made permanent for murder (Oct 9).
• 1998: Human Rights Act incorporated ECHR Protocol 6 — abolished for all crimes (Nov 16).
• 1999: Ratified Protocol 13 — total abolition in all circumstances (including war).

Last executions: Peter Allen & Gwynne Evans (Aug 13, 1964, separate prisons).