it was reported that Walid Slaybi...

it was reported that Walid Slaybi, one of the most prominent Lebanese figures to voice their objections to death penalty, is currently lobbying for a new law that would reverse the death penalty.
The draft law stipulates: "The abolishment of the death penalty from all Lebanese laws, particularly from the penal code and the replacement of this sentence by lifetime imprisonment with or without hard labor." Slaybi, along with a number of civil groups, MP Ghassan Moukheiber and other MPs in the human rights parliamentary committee, was circulating the proposal within Parliament hoping to submit it for an official vote soon.
Slaybi, head of the Lebanese Association for Civil Rights, said that as well as abolishing the death penalty, the proposal allows judges the possibility of reducing a criminal's sentence based on "his behavior and ability to reintegrate into society."
"We believe the purpose of imprisonment is mainly to socially rehabilitate criminals," he said, adding that society should bear a partial responsibility for any crime.