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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Moratorium on death penalty2
dcterms:Language	"sv"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001025.9.3-225"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-25-Speech-3-2262
lpv:speaker	lp:Cecilia Malmström2
lpv:spokenAs	member; AFCO (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Folkpartiet liberalerna (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Hungary Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Latvia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, every day, people are executed and, every day, people are condemned to death. It is incredible and horrific that this should still be happening in the year 2000. As has also been said by other MEPs in this Chamber – most of whom have been Italian, though I do not believe that that is really significant, given the disgust we all feel – it is an unworthy punishment: a punishment unworthy of a civilised society, which always involves a risk of innocent people being convicted. China tops the list when it comes to the death penalty, and I and other Members of this Chamber have often made a point of condemning China. Today, I thought, however, of concentrating on the United States. There is a presidential election in the United States in two weeks’ time, and the next president may be George Bush, a person who has signed 145 people’s execution warrants. There have been legal doubts concerning a number of the cases, and there have also been a number of cases concerning children. In at least one of these cases, the child concerned was mentally handicapped. It is abominable and shameful, and it seriously damages the United States’s reputation as a democracy. With the presidential election in mind, it is incredibly important that we should express our disgust in this Chamber. I wish vigorously to support the proposal of my fellow MEP, Mr Rutelli, for a European day of opposition to the death penalty during our Presidency."@en1

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