MOLDOVA. MOLDOVA ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY

the Moldovan government approved amendments to clause 24 of the republic's constitution aimed at abolishing the death penalty, Moldova's Deputy Justice Minister Nicolae Yeshanu said.
The changes were designed to bring Moldovan law in line with the protocols of the International Convention on Human Rights. The changes ruled out the possibility of introducing capital punishment to Moldovan legislation and excluded the application of the death penalty in individual cases, Yeshanu said. No death sentences had been handed down in Moldova since independence, he added.