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19.11.2009, 04:00
Constitutional court is to decide on the immediate future of the death penalty moratorium in Russia.
09.11.2009, 22:27
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The moratorium on the death penalty in Russia, which has been in force for 13 years, should stay in place.
30.10.2009, 18:51
Russia’s Constitutional Court has accepted the request of the country’s Supreme Court to consider the issue of capital punishment on November 9.
30.10.2009, 14:00
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Russia’s Supreme Court has asked the Constitutional Court to clarify whether the ban on capital punishment should be lifted on January 1, 2010.
27.10.2009, 21:21
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Reginald Blanton, a 28-year-old condemned murderer, will be put to death by lethal injection within hours. His lawyers and supporters are demanding clemency from the US Supreme Court.
23.12.2009, 20:51
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Russia's Supreme Court has ruled that the 2003 arrest of former Yukos executive Platon Lebedev was illegal on procedural grounds and must be annulled. The decision will have no impact on his imprisonment, however.
03.05.2009, 13:38
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The number of Russian policemen brought to justice over the past four years is increasing. With people scared of seeing men in uniform, human rights activists and lawmakers in Russia are calling for urgent police reform.
21.01.2010, 20:32
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Russian law has always been a complicated issue. RT has interviewed Aleksander Konovalov, Russia’s Justice Minister on widespread distrust in the country's legal system and on planned measures to improve the situation.
26.01.2010, 21:38
Controversy surrounding a luxury development in Western Moscow has reached the boiling point as residents of Rechnik settlement are protesting city hall's attempts to evict them from their homes.
27.02.2010, 19:12
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Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev has reiterated that stabilizing the North Caucasus remains the country’s most-serious concern, during a visit to the volatile region.
Published: 19 November, 2009, 13:55
Edited: 05 April, 2010, 15:39
Russia’s Constitutional Court has ruled out the return of the death penalty to Russian courts after the 10-year moratorium on capital punishment expires on January 1, 2010.
Especially violent and brutal murders justify the death penalty. It may not stop some of these violent crimes, yet it probably costs more to imprison them for life. A major ethical issue may be executing a person with limited mental health capacity to comprehend what they did.