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BREAKING: Libya Revokes Death Sentence for Health Workers

Tue Jul 17, 2007 at 12:26:20 PM PDT

From BBC News online:

Libya revokes HIV death sentences

The death sentences on foreign medics convicted of infecting Libyan children with HIV have been commuted to life in prison, a Libyan official has said.

Relatives of the 438 children had earlier dropped their demand for the death penalty, after accepting compensation worth $1m per child.

The full text can be found here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/...

No death penalty, but life in a Libyan prison doesn't sound great either.

I didn't find anything on this, but if this has already been diaried, I'll delete.

Tags: Libya, death penalty, health care, workers, HIV (all tags) :: Previous Tag Versions

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