Ion Pistol

Ion Pistol (1 December 1946 – 12 May 1987) was the last person put to death in Romania (then the Socialist Republic of Romania) prior to the execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu. He was tried for murder on 9 April 1986, before a 500-person auditorium. His lawyer, Liviu Ardeiaș, claimed that sentencing him to death would result "not in execution, but in murder". The same day, the Teleorman County tribunal handed down a death sentence. On 4 May 1987, Ceaușescu rejected his plea for clemency. Eight days later, he was executed by shooting at a prison in the Bucharest area.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^:211

According to Pistol's penal file, he was born in the commune of Trivalea-Moșteni, where he was living at the time of his arrest, and had a fourth-grade education. The report indicates he killed his mother Gheorgița with multiple axe blows on the night of 30–31 October 1985 and was arrested on 1 November. He was taken to the prison of Jilava prior to his execution^[5] and asked for an onion omelette for his last meal.^[6]

References

↑ Mihai Mincan (August 1, 2010). "Pedeapsa cu moartea în perioada comunistă". Adevărul (in română). Retrieved December 11, 2013.
↑ Ionela Stănilă (August 17, 2019). "Ultimii condamnați la moarte în Epoca de Aur. Unde au fost executați cu o ploaie de gloanțe criminalul Pistol și mafiotul Bachus". Adevărul (in română). Retrieved April 19, 2021.
↑ Mădălin Sofronie (April 5, 2015). "Pedeapsa cu moartea în România comunistă. 104 persoane au fost executate prin împușcare în epoca lui Nicolae Ceaușescu". Historia (in română). Retrieved April 19, 2021.
↑ Valentina Nicoale (2019), "From the capital punishment to respecting the rights of the convict. A few aspects regarding the evolution of the Romanian penalty system" (PDF), Studii Juridice și Administrative, 20 (1): 201–215
↑ Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. Pistol Ion Archived 2013-12-16 at the Wayback Machine at the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile site; accessed December 12, 2013
↑ "Pistol ucis de puști. Povestea ultimului condamnat la moarte al lui Ceaușescu. A cerut omletă cu ceapă înainte de execuția din mai 1987". Antena 3 (in română). Retrieved April 18, 2020.

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[1] Mihai Mincan (August 1, 2010). "Pedeapsa cu moartea în perioada comunistă". Adevărul (in română). Retrieved December 11, 2013.

[2] Ionela Stănilă (August 17, 2019). "Ultimii condamnați la moarte în Epoca de Aur. Unde au fost executați cu o ploaie de gloanțe criminalul Pistol și mafiotul Bachus". Adevărul (in română). Retrieved April 19, 2021.

[3] Mădălin Sofronie (April 5, 2015). "Pedeapsa cu moartea în România comunistă. 104 persoane au fost executate prin împușcare în epoca lui Nicolae Ceaușescu". Historia (in română). Retrieved April 19, 2021.

[4] Valentina Nicoale (2019), "From the capital punishment to respecting the rights of the convict. A few aspects regarding the evolution of the Romanian penalty system" (PDF), Studii Juridice și Administrative, 20 (1): 201–215

[5] Script error: The function "in_lang" does not exist. Pistol Ion Archived 2013-12-16 at the Wayback Machine at the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes and the Memory of the Romanian Exile site; accessed December 12, 2013

[6] "Pistol ucis de puști. Povestea ultimului condamnat la moarte al lui Ceaușescu. A cerut omletă cu ceapă înainte de execuția din mai 1987". Antena 3 (in română). Retrieved April 18, 2020.

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