Grollub -> RE: THE THREAD!!! (11/14/2011 4:25:09 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Grollub Hmmm ... I just checked it up. In Sweden, the death penalty was abolished in 1921 for crimes commited during peacetime. The death penalty for crimes commited during times of war managed to live until as late as 1973, though. Given our history and cultural similarities, I wonder if it is the same (or something like it) in Norway? ETA: I'm thinking of the possibility that they haven't abolished the war death penalty, and he seems eager for a military court ... he could get more than he asked for [sm=00000622.gif] My understanding (based entirely upon a paper I recently read on the state of Military law in the world) is that the EU requires members to abolish the death penalty and that the respective militaries must comply. An example is the requirement to allow openly gay indivduals to serve....something that wasn't all that popular in countries that are heavily religious., But Spain and Portugal complied. Norway is a full member of the EU , isn't it? I didn't think Sweden was. [&:] Btw , the US uniformed code of military justice allows the death penalty , and indeed has people sitting on "death row", some since the 1970's. Which is the last time anyone was executed. Norway is not a member of the EU. Sweden is. [;)] It is, however, the other way around when it comes to NATO membership.
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