BELARUS UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR TWO MEN: COURT
the Belarussian supreme court upheld death sentences handed to two men found guilty
the Belarussian supreme court upheld death sentences handed to two men found guilty of a triple murder in 2009, in defiance of European calls for a moratorium on capital punishment.
Oleg Grishkovtsov, 29, and Andrei Burdyko, 28, were sentenced to death on May 14 for murdering three people and kidnapping a minor during a robbery and arson attack on an apartment in the northwestern city of Grodno last year.
Oleg Grishkovtsov, 29, and Andrei Burdyko, 28, were sentenced to death on May 14 for murdering three people and kidnapping a minor during a robbery and arson attack on an apartment in the northwestern city of Grodno last year.
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- (Sources: Afp, 17/09/2010)