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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7801

18 September 2000
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/death penalty

18/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - The EP President Nicole Fontaine, in a statement, commented on the execution in Virginia of Derek Rocco Barnabei by asserting that it is "revolting for a society of law, perfectly stable, and which has other means to defend itself against crime". Mrs Fontaine, who had written three times to the Governor of Virginia Jim Gilmore to gain a "definitive suspension" of this execution, feels that "the areas of doubt as to the procedure make this execution all the more...

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