Iraq has 835 prisoners on death row: minister

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Source: AFP

BAGHDAD - Iraq has 835 people waiting to be executed, Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani said Monday, just days after the UN envoy to Baghdad called on the country to abolish capital punishment.

Speaking at a news conference about anti-terrorism measures, Bolani said Iraqi courts had convicted 14,500 people for such offences, with an unspecified number serving life sentences in addition to those due to be executed.

“The government is keen on providing justice,” he said, noting “14,500 criminals have been convicted, with 835 receiving death sentences and others life imprisonment.”

Iraq executed 230 people from 2005 to 2009, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in July, adding that, at the time, 1,254 death sentences had been handed down.

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Baghdad reintroduced the death penalty in 2004, after a brief moratorium immediately after the US-led invasion of 2003. Those sentenced to death are usually hanged.

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[TygrBright]

1. Pikers. We got more than that just in California and Florida....

...not to mention all the other states where we kill people who kill people to show how seriously we regard the crime of killing people.

self-righteously,
Bright