Around 2,500 people will escape the death penalty after...
Around 2,500 people will escape the death penalty after parliament voted to abolish capital punishment from the [civil] code except in times of war or near war
Around 2,500 people will escape the death penalty after parliament voted to abolish capital punishment from the [civil] code except in times of war or near war. Turkey has had a moratorium on the death penalty since 1984.
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- (Sources: Zaman reported by Reuters, 04/08/2002)