Lebanon abolishes death penalty in parliamentary vote
Lebanon's parliament has voted to abolish capital punishment, replacing it with life imprisonment with hard labour.
Lebanon's parliament has abolished the death penalty, making the country the first in the Arab world to do so. The sentencing will be replaced with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.
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Lebanon abolishes death penalty in landmark parliament vote
Lebanon's parliament Tuesday abolished the death penalty, making it the first country in the Arab world to replace the sentencing with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.