Authorities in breakaway Abkhazia* plan to lift its moratorium on capital punishment in 2020 as tougher sentences are brought in against drug crime. The de facto parliament of breakaway Abkhazia has adopted a new law which imposes tougher punishments for selling large quantities of drugs, including life sentence and even death penalty. The law also provides for other draconian measures against drug-related crimes, including abolishing the right to pardon and the rule of early release, as well as barring the person’s from occupying public offices within 3 years of release. Under the new law, driving a car while high also qualifies as a criminal offense. The sentence for this will be a fine of 600,000 rubles (USD 9,200) and being stripped of the right to occupy a public office for 1 year. The moratorium on the death penalty in Abkhazia was introduced in 2007. * Abkhazia, officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a de facto and partially recognized repub...
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