Brussels, 29/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 29 November, High Representative Catherine Ashton welcomed the “brave initiative” of the governor of Oregon (United States), John Kitzhaber, to announce a de facto moratorium on the use of the death penalty, and to issue a reprieve for prisoners due to be killed by lethal injection. She called on the other American governments to follow suit. Ashton pointed out that “where the death penalty is involved, any miscarriage of justice or...