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Lebanon abolishes death penalty in landmark parliament vote
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Lebanon abolishes death penalty in landmark parliament vote

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Lebanon's parliament has abolished the death penalty, becoming the first Arab country to replace it with life imprisonment and aggravated hard labor.

BEIRUT (AP) — 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 labor. The tiny Mediterranean country has committed to an unof... [1933 chars]

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