the Russian parliament should ratify a document abolishing the death penalty in Russia by the end of 2005, said Chairman of the State Duma Civil, Criminal, Arbitration, and Procedural Law Committee Pavel Krasheninnikov.
Read everythingthe US Supreme Court declined to review the case of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, a California death-row inmate whose attorneys argued that the prosecutor had engaged in racial discrimination in selecting the jury for his trial.
Read everythingthe UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, speaking as Presidency on behalf of the EU, issued the following statement to mark the World Day against the Death Penalty.
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