Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Life imprisonment policy under EU review

Life imprisonment policy under EU review: "

Life imprisonment policy under EU review
by di-ve news


BORMLA, Malta (di-ve news) -- June 29 2004 -- 1600CET-- Maltese NGO Mid-Dlam ghad-Dawl welcomes the Green Paper recently issued by the European Commission vindicating the NGO's long standing arguments in favour of more human criminal judiciary policies.

In this Green Paper published on April 30th, the European Commission is proposing a total reconsideration of the punishment of life imprisonment leading towards its abolition on a EU-wide basis. "