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Membership has its Priviledges

If you are a convicted felon for a capital crime in Poland, you should thank the European Union. Again.

Recently, the Polish Parliament voted 198 to 194 to keep the death penalty buried. Abolished in Nineteen Ninety Seven, this was done to meet human rights standards and qualify for membership into the E.U.

However following a series of recent high profile murders, the right-wing Law and Justice parties motioned that a referendum be held regarding its resurrection.

Encouraged with surveys showing that seventy-seven percent of Poles favor the reinstatement of capital punishment, the two parties were pretty sure that their motion would be passed.

Unfortunately too, given that this was slapped down by the slimmest of margins, it is unlikely that another will be called any time soon.

For convicted felons formerly on death-row, this has been another near-death experience.

posted by Teutoburg @ 11:48 PM