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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·SEPTEMBER 6, 2000

The chairman of the Supreme Court of Appeal Sami Selcuk...

The chairman of the Supreme Court of Appeal Sami Selcuk described the death penalty as "a primitive punishment" which "does not give the right to the convicted to return to the society again"

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The chairman of the Supreme Court of Appeal Sami Selcuk described the death penalty as "a primitive punishment" which "does not give the right to the convicted to return to the society again". There was no justification for the "repulsiveness" of the death penalty, he added.
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  • (Sources: Anatolia news agency monitored by BBC, 06/09/2000)