CNN.com - U.S. execution: Arnold angers Europe - Dec 13, 2005
CNN.com - U.S. execution: Arnold angers Europe - Dec 13, 2005: "VIENNA, Austria (AP) -- California's execution of a murderer has outraged many in Europe who regard the practice as barbaric, and feelings ran particularly deep in state Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's native Austria.
At the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI's top official for justice matters denounced the death penalty for going against redemption and human dignity.
'We know the death penalty doesn't resolve anything,' Cardinal Renato Martino told Associated Press Television News.
'Even a criminal is worthy of respect because he is a human being. The death penalty is a negation of human dignity.'
Capital punishment is illegal throughout the European Union, and many Europeans consider state-sponsored executions to be barbaric."
At the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI's top official for justice matters denounced the death penalty for going against redemption and human dignity.
'We know the death penalty doesn't resolve anything,' Cardinal Renato Martino told Associated Press Television News.
'Even a criminal is worthy of respect because he is a human being. The death penalty is a negation of human dignity.'
Capital punishment is illegal throughout the European Union, and many Europeans consider state-sponsored executions to be barbaric."
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