The bill suggests amend Criminal, Criminal Procedure and Criminal Executive Codes in order to introduce death penalty as a kind of punishment for committing a felony, and establish conditions and procedure for executing such penalty.
People’s deputies believe that any legislative suggestions regarding introduction of a death penalty contradict the provisions of Constitution, in view of their interpretations provided by the Constitutional Court.
Apart form this, it was noted that the Verkhovna Rada has ratified protocol No. 6 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms on February 22, 2000 which stipulates abolition of a death penalty in peacetime.
