GUATEMALA: PRESIDENT VETOES LEGISLATION FOR REINSTATING EXECUTIONS

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom vetoed legislation that would have reinstated executions while giving the president the power to commute death penalty sentences.
He said that his government doesn't think the death penalty helps improve security.
While reinstating executions, the vetoed measure would have given Guatemala's president the authority to commute a prisoner's death sentence to a prison term of up to 50 years.
Colom vetoed a similar law two years ago.