Lisbon, Portugal Portugal has said it "profoundly laments" the execution of a female death row prisoner in Texas, who became the 500th inmate to be executed in that American State. In a statement published on its website the Portuguese government said that while it "acknowledges the severity of the crimes committed" by Kimberley McCarthy, who was executed last month, and "sends it condolences to the victims' families", "Portugal reiterates its opposition to capital punishment in all circumstances, without exception." "The death sentence represents an irreversible loss of human life, and there are studies that contradict its respective deterrent effect", it stressed. Portugal appeal to the State of Texas to "reflect on the application of capital punishment and to reconsider its application", as did the State of Maryland in March this year when it decided to abolish the death sentence. Kimberley LaGayle McCa...
Striving for a World without Capital Punishment