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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7776

4 September 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/united states
EU calls on George W. Bush to pardon mentally retarded prisoner

Brussels, 09/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Union called on George W Bush, Governor of Texas and Republican Candidate for the United States Presidency, to commute the sentence of the mentally retarded prisoner and turn it "into a sentence, which is compatible with international law". Oliver Cruz, 33 years old, was condemned to death for the rape and murder of a women, has an IQ estimated at only 64. The execution of his sentence was planned for this Thursday, 18pm (local time).

The...