Vassilis Lymberis
Greece
August 25, 1972: The Last Execution in Greece Before Abolition of Death Penalty
On this day in 1972, 27-year-old Cretan electrician Vassilis Lymberis was executed by a firing squad for murdering his mother-in-law, his wife, and his two children. Lymberis and his accomplices burned down his family home, while 4 members of...