Petition to abolish death penalty filed in SC

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Petition to abolish death penalty filed in SC

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A petition seeking abolition of death penalty was filed in the Supreme Court on Monday.

17 September,2012 06:55 pm

Petition seeking revocation of capital punishment law and its conversion into life imprisonment was filed in Supreme Court, Lahore registry on Monday.The petition was filed by barrister Zafar Ullah Khan. The petitioner took the plea that death sentence had been abolished in 90 countries of the world, therefore, the law to this effect be nullified and the sentence be changed into life imprisonment.