US: EEAS Spokesperson on the execution in Georgia
The European Union deeply regrets the execution of Willie James Pye in the State of Georgia on Wednesday. We deplore the fact that this execution took place despite evidence indicating that the convict had an intellectual disability. The use of the death penalty for persons with such impairments is explicitly prohibited by international standards on the human rights of those facing the death penalty. Moreover, in 2005, the US Supreme
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