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Tue 11 Nov 2009Death penalty remarks criticised
THE IRISH Council for Civil Liberties has criticised the remarks of former High Court president Mr Justice Richard Johnson, who suggested the death penalty might be revisited.
Its director Mark Kelly said: “The death penalty is unlawful in every European Union and every Council of Europe state. If Ireland wished to reintroduce the death penalty, it could do so only at the cost of renouncing its membership of the European Union and the Council of Europe.
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