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1 August 2011

What does Cameron think about the death penalty?

Parliament could soon debate capital punishment but what does the PM think?

By George Eaton

Parliament hasn’t voted on the death penalty since 1994 but that could be about to change with the launch of the government’s e-petitions site. The site promises that any petition that receives at least 100,000 signatures will be “eligible for debate in the House of Commons”.

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