The Deputy Secretary General of the CE Hans Christian...

The Deputy Secretary General of the CE Hans Christian Kruger, during a visit to Albania, said that the implementation of the death sentence has no effect on criminals, and it is erroneous to believe that it does. Kruger said that in Albania there are still people who think that the death sentence should be applied. "Albania became a CE member five years ago and it committed itself to scrapping capital punishment. It has not been forced by anyone to decide on removing capital punishment," he said.