EXECUTING the Bali bombers would be wrong, as hanging Saddam Hussein was wrong, the Catholic Church says. As it steps up pressure on the Rudd Government to take a consistent stand on the issue, it has written to the new Federal Government, urging it to oppose capital punishment in all circumstances, including for terrorists. The Government has sent mixed messages on its policy. Just before Christmas it voted at the United Nations for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty, but last night a spokesman for the Prime Minister said his statement during the election campaign that he would never intervene to support a terrorist's life remained true.
SMH 3 Jan 2008
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