Italian Radicals say government officials are discussing push for U.N. death penalty moratorium

[Judi Lynn]

Italian Radicals say government officials are discussing push for U.N. death penalty moratorium
The Associated PressPublished: January 1, 2007

ROME: Italian government officials were meeting Monday with members of the tiny Radical Party to discuss how Rome can lead a renewed push for a U.N. call for a moratorium on the death penalty following Saddam Hussein's execution, the party said.

A day earlier, Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema said that Premier Romano Prodi's government would work for the end of the death penalty worldwide following denunciations across Europe of Saddam's hanging.

In the past, Italy has lobbied unsuccessfully for United Nations' action against the death penalty.

Italy is now one of the rotating countries on the U.N. Security Council.
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Italy and all other European Union countries do not permit capital punishment.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/01/europe/EU_GEN_Italy_Death_Penalty.php

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

1. "Italy and all other European Union countries do not permit capital punishment."

That's why they are a cesspool of crime in comparison to the US, and their murder rates are much higher!!1112!!11

Besides, universal healthcare makes baby jesus cry.