Editing Garrote (section)

===Abolition===
The last civilian executions in Spain, both by garroting, were those of the poisoner [[Pilar Prades]] in May 1959 and the [[spree killer]] [[José María Jarabo]] in July 1959. Recent legislation had caused many crimes (such as robbery–murder) to fall under the jurisdiction of [[Military justice|military law]]; thus, prosecutors rarely requested civilian executions. Military executions were still performed in Spain until the 1970s. The garrotings of Heinz Chez (real name Georg Michael Welzel) and [[Salvador Puig Antich]] in March 1974, both convicted in the [[Francoist Spain|Francoist State]] of killing police officers, were the last state-sanctioned garrotings in Spain and in the world.

With the 1973 Penal Code, [[prosecutor]]s once again started requesting execution in civilian cases, but the death penalty was abolished in 1978 after dictator [[Francisco Franco]]'s death. The last man to be sentenced to death by garroting was José Luis Cerveto "el asesino de Pedralbes" in October 1977, for a double robbery–murder in May 1974. Cerveto requested execution, but his sentence was [[Commutation of sentence|commuted]]. Another prisoner whose civilian death sentence was commuted was businessman Juan Ballot, for the [[contract killing]] of his wife in [[Navarre]] in November 1973.

After the death penalty was abolished in Spain, the writer [[Camilo José Cela]] obtained a garrote (which had probably been used for the execution of Puig Antich) from the ''[[General Council of the Judiciary|Consejo General del Poder Judicial]]'' to display at his foundation. The device was kept in storage in Barcelona, and was displayed in the room<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fundacioncela.com/asp/lasede/salas_pascualduarteI.asp |title=La Sede / Exposiciones permanentes / Sala de Pascual Duarte I |work=Fundacioncela.com |access-date=16 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414122359/http://www.fundacioncela.com/asp/lasede/salas_pascualduarteI.asp |archive-date=14 April 2009 |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fundacioncela.com/asp/lasede/salas_pascualduarteII.asp |title=La Sede / Exposiciones permanentes / Sala de Pascual Duarte II |work=Fundacioncela.com |access-date=16 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090414122448/http://www.fundacioncela.com/asp/lasede/salas_pascualduarteII.asp |archive-date=14 April 2009 |language=es}}</ref> that the Cela Foundation devoted to his novel ''[[The Family of Pascual Duarte|La familia de Pascual Duarte]]'' until Puig Antich's family asked for its removal.<ref name=Voz>{{cite news |url=http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/ed_corunia/noticia.jsp?CAT=127&TEXTO=5302415 |title=El director de cine Manuel Huerga presenta el libro "Cómo se hizo: Salvador" |newspaper=[[La Voz de Galicia]] |date=21 November 2006 |access-date=11 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821113151/http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/hemeroteca/2006/11/20/5302415.shtml |archive-date=21 August 2013 |language=es}}</ref>

In 1990, [[Andorra]] became the last country to officially abolish the death penalty by garrotting, though this method had not been employed there since the late 12th century.