Texas executions statement [European Union]

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Texas executions statement [European Union]

Bernard Hibbitts

August 21, 2007 08:53:00 pm

Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union on the 400th execution in Texas, August 21, 2007 [urging Texas Gov. Rick Perry to halt all executions in the state and to consider introducing a moratorium on death sentences in Texas]. Read the full text of the statement. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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