Hands Off Cain
TÜRKIYE·DEATH PENALTY·MARCH 23, 2001·1 MIN READ

Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that if parliament...

Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that if parliament removes the death penalty from the penal code, it would however, still exist under a military law for treason and espionage and under a forestry protection act which calls for the execution of peop

Justice Minister Hikmet Sami Turk said that if parliament removes the death penalty from the penal code, it would however, still exist under a military law for treason and espionage and under a forestry protection act which calls for the execution of people who knowingly start forest fires.
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  • (Sources: Athens News, 23/03/2001)