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Mon 11 Nov 2009Death penalty should be revisited, says ex-judge
THE QUESTION of the death penalty for certain kinds of murder, for example those committed during armed robberies, should be revisited, according to the former president of the High Court, Mr Justice Richard Johnson.
Speaking to The Irish Times, the judge said: “The Government should look at it. Then if the people want it they should have it.”
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