criminal law reform replaced capital punishment with life imprisonment. Furthermore, in January 1991 capital punishment became prohibited by the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, which became part of the Czechoslovak constitutional law and since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia remains part of the Czech constitutional law. The practice became further prohibited when the Czech Republic joined the Council of Europe in 1993 and the European Union in 2004. Public opinion A 2008 poll found that over 60 percent of those questioned said they thought the death penalty should be reintroduced. In 2007 it was 58%. However, a 2019 poll shows that support for the death penalty is declining, with 50 percent of Czechs saying they would like the death penalty to be reintroduced, while 41 percent were against the reintroduction. References External links List of all people executed in Czechoslovakia, historical background, laws, bibliography (in Czech, MS Word document, HTML version by Google) Czech Republic Law of the Czech Republic Death in the Czech Republic Human rights abuses in the Czech Republic 1989 disestablishments in Czechoslovakia 1918 establishments in Czechoslovakia 1787 disestablishments in Europe 1795 establishments in Europe