Nepal’s New Leaders Abolish Death Penalty
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<i> Associated Press</i>
KATMANDU, Nepal — The government of Nepal has abolished the death sentence, saying Sunday that the punishment was considered inconsistent with its new multi-party political system.
Sunday’s announcement that capital punishment laws enacted by the previous government have been repealed was the latest in a series of decisions by Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai’s administration toward distancing itself from past policies.
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