Debates on death penalty for terrorism should be unemotional...

Debates on death penalty for terrorism should be unemotional and linked to the current events and Russia's international commitments, heads of Duma committees said. "It would not be correct to discuss annulment of the death penalty moratorium on each particular occasion," Chairman of the Duma Security Committee Vladimir Vasilyev said, adding he thought that the emotional appeals of some politicians and representatives of law-enforcement departments to lift the death penalty moratorium "do not solve problems, which need a systematized approach." Chairman of the Duma Committee on Legislation Pavel Krasheninnikov did not support the idea of cancelling the death penalty moratorium for terrorists. "This will not resolve the problem. The death penalty has no effect on the crime rate," he told Itar-Tass. "Rapid reaction and prevention are the main ways to combat terrorism," he said.