MP George Deeb Neameh called for "completely abolishing"...

MP George Deeb Neameh called for "completely abolishing" capital punishment and for examining the true social and economic causes of crime. He said that experiences worldwide proved the death penalty did not put an "actual" end to crime. Neameh called for replacing the death penalty with life imprisonment and also urged that there should be a major improvement in prison conditions. Neameh also urged Beirut to sign the UN Second Optional Protocol on the ICCPR.