Los debates sobre la pena de muerte en el Ecuador, 1857-1897

Abstract

The article reviews the debates on the death penalty in Ecuador between 1857 and 1896. First, from a micro-historical perspective, it refers to the poet Dolores Veintimilla de Galindo and her stance against the death penalty, in order to illustrate the country’s social environment with respect to enforcement of this punishment. Second, it examines the debate on the death penalty in the conventions of 1878 and 1896, between liberals and conservatives, until it was ultimately abolished in 1897.