KAZAKH AUTHORITIES BROADCAST EXECUTION ON LIVE TV.

Publication: Monitor Volume: 1 Issue: 52

As partof an effort to fight a rising tide of crime in Kazakhstan, Alma-Atyhas decided to allow live broadcasts of future executions of criminals,NTV reported July 12. The first such broadcast took place thisweek. There are certain to be more. In 1994, Kazakhstan executed134 people and has executed 45 so far this year.

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