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Spain opposes death penalty for Saddam

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Spanish Justice Minister Jose Michavila Wednesday asked for a "fair trial, with every guarantee and without any impunity" for former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, but one which would avoid the death penalty.

The abolition of the death penalty should extend to every democracy, Michavila told the press one day after United States President George W. Bush insisted that Saddam should face "the ultimate penalty" following his capture on Saturday.

In the remarks made before participating in the presentation of a book on telecommunications, television and the Internet, Michavila described the abolition of the death penalty in Spain in 1978 as an "ethical conquest."

"It would be desirable" that this path "would extend in the globalization and to every democracy," the minister said.

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