Russia’s death penalty dilemmas

Barry, Donald D.; Williams, E. J.

doi:10.1007/bf02677784

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“…He used official statistics on executions provided by the Russian Ministry of Corrections and revealed that for the last four decades the number of executions performed in the Soviet Union was reduced from 2159 people in 1962 to 116 people in 1998. Data provided by Barry and Williams (1997) (Skomorokhov & Shikhanov, 2006). In the absence of other available data, researchers have to use the official statistics for death penalty executions in Russia but should exercise caution over their reliability (Terrill, 1997).…”

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Death penalty politics and symbolic law in Russia

Semukhina

Galliher

2009

International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice

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Abstract:In contemporary Russia there is widespread support for the death penalty. Recent Russian presidents have endorsed the nation's entry into the European Community (EC). The dilemma is that the price of membership into the EC is total abolition of capital punishment. The Russian Duma is much less popular than the president, even though it sides with public opinion in supporting capital punishment. Since 1997, these conflicting political positions have been temporarily neutralized by leaving capital punishment legislation in place but allowing the Russian president to offer clemency to all sentenced to death. In 1999, the Constitutional Court of Russia placed a moratorium on all death sentences until jury trials are re-introduced throughout the nation.

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“…With time, the ratification of Protocol No. 6 to the ECHR became a necessary condition for membership in the CE (Barry & Williams 1997). In the effort to integrate into the European community, in 1992 Russia applied for membership in the Council of Europe.…”

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