2 Articles On The Death Penalty In Iraq
The death penalty has been reinstated in Iraq for the first time since Sadaam Husein's regime and three men have been executed. The Eureopean Union is opposed to bringing back the death penalty as it doesn't believe it is an effective deterrant.
3 hanged as Iraq resumes death penalty enforcement
BAGHDAD -- The transitional Iraqi government executed three convicted murderers yesterday morning in the first application of the death penalty since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime.
EU opposed to death penalty in Iraq
The European Union (EU) has expressed its sadness to learn that three Iraqi nationals were executed on Thursday following a judicial process in Iraq."The EU is of the view that the death penalty does not serve as an effective deterrent and any miscarriage of justice, which might arise in any legal system, would be irreversible. The EU therefore regrets that the government of Iraq has elected to implement the death penalty in these cases," said an EU presidency statement Thursday night.
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