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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·FEBRUARY 9, 2006
Russia

RUSSIA. DUMA NOT TO RESUME DEATH PENALTY FOR BESLAN TERRORIST

the Russian State Duma will not lift the moratorium on the death penalty to punish Nurpasha Kulayev, the only surviving terrorist who participated in the Beslan school seizure in September 2004, vice speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament Vl

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the Russian State Duma will not lift the moratorium on the death penalty to punish Nurpasha Kulayev, the only surviving terrorist who participated in the Beslan school seizure in September 2004, vice speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament Vladimir Pekhtin said.
"A person responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people must bear the guilt all his life. He will pay the price for this sin in full," he said.
The Deputy Prosecutor General of Russia had requested the death penalty for Kulayev.
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  • (Sources: RosBusinessConsulting, 09/02/2006)