Turkish MPs support abolition of death penalty
Turkish legislators approved a proposal to abolish the death penalty except during wartime in a preliminary vote on reforms aimed at boosting the country's bid to join the European Union.
Under the proposal, death sentences would be changed to life-time prison terms and would be exempt from any future amnesty regulations.
Keep your eye on international news stories today as this could become final upon a vote for a larger reform package later today.
Turkey has not carried out a judicial executions since 1984 under a de facto moratorium.
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