Mongolia leader calls for end to death penalty

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Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj has announced a moratorium on the death penalty, and called for the punishment to be abolished.

Mr Elbegdorj told parliament that the punishment degraded Mongolia's dignity.

He is known to have commuted at least three death sentences since taking power last year.

Exact figures on capital punishment in Mongolia are hard to establish, but at least one man was executed in 2008, and nine are believed to be on death row.

"The majority of the world's countries have chosen to abolish the death penalty. We should follow this path," Mr Elbegdorj told parliament.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8458717.stm

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1. IMHO

Civilized societies don't have the death penalty.

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2. Well, they are more advanced than we are on this issue, clearly.

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3. K&R