Capital punishment

Capitol punishment is the infliction of death ordered by a government as punsihment for a crime

Muggle world

Certain nations in the Muggle world including the United States of America Still carry out Judicail executions However there is an increasing trend of modern nations moving away from capito9l punisment ony the United States of America and Japan  are the only developed muggle nations to carry out executions apart from China.

'''Wizarding world. '''

In the 1920's the Magical Congress of the United States of America Carried out the death penalty by means of strapping the condemed into a cahir suspended over the Death potion , That would kill the prisoner by encasing them in a sphere and Burning them. Newt Scamander, and Porpentina Goldstein were sentanced to be executed in the this fasion by Bernadette  on the orders of Gellert Grindelwald  disguised as Percival Graves. This was stopped by Queenie Goldstein, Jacob Kowalski and a Swooping Evil. Member of the Scourers were a;lso executed it unknown the mannor their deaths. In Wizarding Britain no execution of human criminals exists ( save for the Dementor's Kiss )  Beasts considered dangerous  by the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures  are executed by beheading. In the past Wizards were executed by Muggles by Burning, However most of these people were in fact Muggles , Real wizards in Europe would escape by use of the Flame-Freezing Charm. In the United states however wizard did lose thier lives in the Salem Witch Trials , who had been sold by scoureres.

Behind the scenes 

. It is unknown why Magical Congress of the United States of America  executed by use of the death potion when the Killing Curse  would be more effective. A possible explaination is that this spell is not widely used in the United states of america.

. The use of a chair in Executions is similar to the No maj United states of America methods of Gas chamber, Electrecution and firing Squad

. Muggle nations ae phasing out the dath penalty it is unknown if the same policy is being adopted the Wizarding world.