The upper house of the Russian parliament...
imposed the moratorium after it joined the Council of Europe that year and signed the European Convention on Human Rights, but it has not ratified the document yet.The Russian parliamentarian said, however, "if such terrible crimes take place, we should propose the society a new variant of criminal punishment, so that people involved in a terrorist attack know what to expect."
He added the amendments to be worked out by the Federation Council"s committee also stipulated that people involved in terrorist attacks resulting in multiple loss of life could not be pardoned.
Lyskov said the committee would work out the amendments at the earliest possible date and send them to the government and the Supreme Court for approval.
On Monday, the Russian Communist leader, Gennady Zyuganov, proposed the death penalty be reinstated for "the most heinous crimes."
"It"s difficult to imagine a crime more horrible than the one that occurred today," he said,
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