Dalai Lama speaks on Saddam Hussein death sentence

Snip from Lobsang Wangyal's blog:

The Dalai Lama, opposing capital punishment and reiterating his appeal for its abolition, called for amnesty for the deposed Iraqi president Saddam Hussein for the death sentence against him. "The death penalty seems to fulfill a preventive function, yet it is clearly a form of revenge," he said in his hotel in Tokyo, winding his two-week visit to the country.

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