End of the death penalty? (part 2)

Support for the death penalty may be on the wane worldwide but as the Arab Spring rewrites constitutions, the abolition of capital punishment is by no means a given. In France, the death penalty is long gone. However, for many, the punishment still does not fit the crime, with some of the EU’s longest prison sentences.

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Eric BERNARD. Spokesperson, "Together against the Death Penalty";
Celine BARDET. Jurist, International Criminal Law. Author, "Zone Sensible";
Avi BITTON. Human Rights Attorney, Avi Bitton Law Firm;
Richard C. DIETER. Executive Director, Death Penalty Information Center (from Washington).

Watch the first part here.

Produced by Anelise Borges, François Picard, Mary Colombel, Christopher Davis.

Presenter

François Picard

23/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

War over Libya

Admiral William Fallon warns the lack of a unified command is "a recipe for trouble" while UK Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn squares off against conservative French MP Jacques Myard over the merits of military intervention.

22/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

Libya: What's the plan? (part 2)

The stated aim of foreign intervention is to protect Libyan civilians, but is it more about protecting oil? The Stop The War Coalition thinks so. François Picard's other guests disagree.

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22/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

Libya: What's the plan?

The stated aim of foreign intervention is to protect Libyan civilians, but is it more about protecting oil? The Stop The War Coalition thinks so. François Picard's other guests disagree.

16/03/2011 - THE DEBATE

Cataclysm in Japan (part 2)

In the face of its worst disaster since World War Two, faced with a major nuclear accident and rolling power outages, François Picard’s panel explains why Japan has shown amazing resilience. But will a nation that for two decades has been struggling to get out of the economic doldrums fall into irreversible decline or come out of it all galvanized?

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