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In this episode of the Meeting 315 programme, journalist Morga Haboushi, the pioneer of abolition of the death penalty in Lebanon, hosts Ugarit Younan, to open the file of abolishing the death penalty in Lebanon, after many years of its implementation stopping.
Why has the penalty been abolished now? Is the decision the result of a long human rights struggle or a political and legal change? What will happen to those sentenced to death? What sanctions will replace it?
On the other hand, what about the families of the victims who see the execution as part of their right to justice? Is it possible to protect the victim’s right and hold the criminal accountable without resorting to the death penalty?
We also discuss the impact of the decision on the judiciary, prisons, the concept of deterrence, the culture of revenge, and Lebanon’s image before international human rights standards.
An episode that opens the most difficult question:
Does justice mean that the criminal pays with his life for his crime…or does justice begin when the state refuses to take revenge in the name of the law?
