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NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·DECEMBER 9, 2004
Bulgaria

the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ruled out the execution...

the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ruled out the execution...

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the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi ruled out the execution of five Bulgarian nurses who were sentenced to death for infecting more than 400 Libyan children with HIV-contaminated blood. 
Seif el-Islam Gadhafi also said the Appeal Court might change the death sentence to a prison sentence. The five nurses were convicted in a trial whose proceedings were criticized by international observers.
"I rule out the possibility of executing the Bulgarian defendants and capital punishment, in general, will be reconsidered so that it will be applied only on limited narrow cases," he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
He said amendments to pertinent laws were being studied and would be soon discussed and approved by judicial authorities.
"The accused Bulgarians have already appealed the death sentence, which might be reduced to a lighter sentence ... and then the extradition agreement with Bulgaria could be started," he said.
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  • (Sources: Dow Jones International News, 09/12/2004)