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Iraq: Government approves first death
sentence
15.7.2005
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Baghdad, 15 July
(Aki) - The Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim Jaafari has
approved the first death sentence handed down by a
Iraqi tribunal and confirmed by the court of
cassation - the country's highest court."The Iraqi
people deeply wanted the death penalty against war
criminals" said a statement from Jaafari's cabinet.
The death sentence - against three terrorists - can
only be carried out a once the ruling has been
signed off on by the country's interim president,
Jalal Talabani - who opposes the death penalty.
Death penalty has been a controversial issue in
Iraq. It was applied under Saddam's regime according
to the law 111 of the 1969 penal code which
sanctioned the death penalty for premeditated crime.
After the fall of Saddam's regime, under pressure
from the United States, the Iraqi Governing Council
decided against the death penalty.
Following the escalation of terror attacks around
the country, the authorities have recently
reinstated the law in order to contrast violence.
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