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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·OCTOBER 31, 2000
Russia

Russian Deputy Justice Minister Yuri Kalinin said that...

Russian Deputy Justice Minister Yuri Kalinin said that that there are currently over 1,000 prisoners in Russia who have been sentenced to capital punishment

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Russian Deputy Justice Minister Yuri Kalinin said that that there are currently over 1,000 prisoners in Russia who have been sentenced to capital punishment. But following the declaration of a moratorium on capital punishment, their verdicts had been changed to life imprisonment.
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  • (Sources: Interfax News Agency, 01/11/2000)