NationStates Jolt Archive


Italy inmates seek death penalty

Leuvenation
02-06-2007, 05:21
Hundreds of prisoners serving life sentences in Italy have called on President Giorgio Napolitano to bring back the death penalty.
We want to die just once, he said, and "we are asking for our life sentence to be changed to a death sentence". BBC News

for more see http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6707865.stm
or http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2007/05/italy-prisoners-appeal-for-death.php

The problem here of course is that it is probably just a publicity stunt from there part in the hopes of geting out of prison earlier. Rather then a serious request, otherwise I would say grant them their request and safe the state a few bob.