Sept. 6
COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
PACE rapporteur calls on Oklahoma not to execute Anthony Rozelle Banks
Marina Schuster (Germany, ALDE), General Rapporteur on the abolition of the
death penalty for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE),
has called on the authorities in Oklahoma not to execute Anthony Rozelle Banks.
"The world is becoming a lonely place for states that continue practising
executions. Oklahoma unfortunately remains one of the states which carry out
the highest number of executions. Many other U.S. states have repealed capital
punishment in recent years. The Council of Europe calls on Oklahoma to join
this movement and refrain from executing Anthony Rozelle Banks," the rapporteur
stressed.
"The capital punishment system is an intolerable denial of civil liberties
inconsistent with the values of the Council of Europe and its member and
observer states. Its abolition is a key objective for the Council of Europe's
human rights policy," concluded Marina Schuster.
(source: PACE: Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe)
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