Lebanon parliament votes to abolish death penalty
BBC World →The new law - which next goes to the cabinet for approval - would make Lebanon the first country in the Middle East to end capital punishment.
Lay Aside Agrarian Problem; Russian Douma VIII Takes Up Business; Abolish Death Penalty
St. Petersburg, June 6.—The lower branch of parliament to-day will suspend consideration of the agrarian problem in favor of the bill to abolish the death penalty, which, as an urgent measure, takes precedence. The bill consists of only two paragraphs, the first of which abolishes the death penalty in all cases, while the second provides the next lower penalty for offenses hitherto punishable with death. The bill is mainly applicable to conditions of reinforced security and martial law, the only crimes punishable with death under the ordinary civil code being attempts against the person of the emperor and breaking quarantine against the pest.
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