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French juries should not impose the death penalty for even heinous crimes / Robert Badinter -- Europe is hypocritical to oppose the death penalty but not abortion / John Jalsevac -- Thailand's death penalty contradicts Buddhist morality / Danthong Breen -- The morality of the death penalty in India is unclear / Vir Sanghvi -- Judaism supports the death penalty / Steven Plaut -- In the Caribbean, citizens want the death penalty carried out / Darcus Howe -- In China, capital punishment is popular for traditional reasons / Virgil K.Y. Ho -- In Indonesia, the popularity of the death penalty makes abolition unlikely / Community of Sant'Egidio -- Governments with popular support are more likely to abolish the death penalty / Carsten Anckar -- Positive death penalty attitudes may affect decisions on non-capital sentencing / Stuart J. McKelvie -- Iran must stop executing children / Human Rights Watch -- Saudi Arabia's death penalty process is arbitrary and unjust / Christoph Wilcke -- The death penalty in the Palestinian Territories is unconstitutional and unjust / Palestinian Centre for Human Rights -- Japan's death penalty process is shrouded in secrecy / Charles Lane -- Singapore's mandatory death penalty is unjust / South Asia Human Rights Documentation Centre -- Reforms may make China's death penalty process more just / Hong Lu, Terance D. Miethe -- In Russia, a death penalty moratorium may lead to abolition / Victoria Sergeyeva, Kester Kenn Klomegah -- Extradition treaties have restricted the use of the death penalty / William A. Schabas -- Ukraine abolished the death penalty because of pressure from Europe / Sangmin Bae -- The European Union exerts pressure on the United States to abolish the death penalty / European Union Insight -- The United States violated international law in executing Mexican nationals / Kate Randall -- Australia should work harder against the death penalty / Michael Fullilove -- The Philippines must do more to help its nationals who face execution abroad / Aubrey S. C. Makilan.