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Monday, November 12, 2012

Turkey could bring back death penalty | The Nation

Turkey could bring back death penalty
By: AFP | November 12, 2012

ISTANBUL - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday Ankara would consider bringing back capital punishment in terror related crimes, a decade after it abolished the practice. “The authority (to forgive a killer) belongs to the family of the slain, not to us,” Erdogan was quoted as saying by Anatolia news agency. “We need to make necessary adjustments.”

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