Capital Punishment Nepal

The government of Nepal has abolished the death sentence, saying Sunday that the punishment was considered inconsistent with its new multi-party political system. Sunday's announcement that capital punishment laws enacted by the previous government have been repealed was the latest in a series of decisions by Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai's administration toward distancing itself from past policies.

The government of Nepal has abolished the death sentence, saying Sunday that the punishment was considered inconsistent with its new multi-party political system. Sunday's announcement that capital punishment laws enacted by the previous government have been repealed was the latest in a series of decisions by Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai's administration toward distancing itself from past policies.