| The Novgorod Oblast legislature on 30 September adopted
a resolution passed earlier by the Bryansk Oblast legislature urging the
federal government to end Russia's moratorium on the death penalty, RIA-Novosti
reported. Both resolutions will be sent to the State Duma.
Human rights ombudsman Vladimir
Lukin told ITAR-TASS on 30 September that he continues to oppose the
death penalty, saying that ending the moratorium "would put us on
the same level as those who have no respect for human life."
He said the death penalty is no deterrent to terrorism. "Israel's
experience, where those who carry out and organize terrorist attacks are
killed in retaliation, does not show that this reduces terrorism. I cannot
see how lifting the moratorium makes any philosophical or practical sense,"
Lukin said.
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