Thursday, June 25, 2009

UPDATE: Death Penalty

Yesterday’s unanimous vote by the parliament of Togo has resulted in the death penalty being abolished in the country. Although Togo has not carried out an execution since 1978, there were currently convicts on death row.

Togo has now become the 94th country in the world to abolish the death penalty for all crimes, but there are still more than 50 countries that carry out executions for various offences.

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