[Deathpenalty]death penalty news----worldwide

[Rick Halperin]

Sept. 10



RUSSIA:

Russia may reinstate death penalty


Russian lawmakers have proposed reinstating the death penalty as
punishment for terrorism, Interfax reported Friday.

Members of the Duma, as the lawmaking body in Russia is known, made the
move in the wake of the nation's worst terror attack, the massacre in
Beslan last week that killed some 340 people, half of whom were children,
said first deputy speaker Lyubov Sliska.

The idea of punishing terrorism with death was raised Thursday at the 1st
meeting of a working group appointed to consider stricter anti-terrorism
legislation.

(source: United Press International)

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Death penalty won't eradicate terrorism - Pamfilova


Introducing the death penalty for terrorism in Russia will not eradicate
terrorism, Ella Pamfilova, chairman of the presidential human rights
commission, told Interfax on Friday.

"The introduction of the death penalty is probably the easiest way, it
lies on the surface. But in actuality, the introduction of the death
penalty for terrorism will not produce any results," she said.

(source: Interfax)