MEXICAN STATE WANTS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KIDNAPPERS

Coahuila state lawmakers in Mexico proposed the death penalty be reinstated for kidnappings that end in murder, a crime Coahuila's governor said should be punished by firing squad, hanging or throat slashing. State lawmakers voted 22 to 10 to propose a constitutional amendment to allow state governments to reinstate the death penalty for lethal kidnapping, four years after it was abolished nationwide, spokesman Francisco Saracho said. Before the vote, Coahuila Governor Humberto Moreira told the meeting: "In Coahuila the death penalty is not the issue, it's how we should kill (the criminals); by firing squad, slashing their throats, hanging or something lighter, like lethal injection."