Protest against death penatly at Colosseum in Rome
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(30 Nov 2018) More than 2,000 cities all over the world have hosted symbolic demonstrations to protest against death penalty. In Rome, the Community of Sant'Egidio organised a protest at the Colosseum, one of the most iconic locations of the Italian capital. The Roman landmark was illuminated with video projections on its walls. Thousands of other cities around the world joined in and lit up their monuments as well. The Italian community organised a convention a few days ago, where Lieu Vui Keong, the Malaysiam Justice Minister, announced that his country had decided to abolish capital punishment. Joe D'Ambrosio, a former death row inmate who was wrongfully imprisoned for over 20 years in the United States, went to the demonstration in Rome. D'Ambrosio was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1988 murder of Anthony Klann of Cleveland. A federal judge later overturned the conviction, ruling prosecutors withheld evidence that might exonerated him at trial. Father Neil Kookoothe, a priest and an anti-death row campaigner, was heavily involved in D'Ambrosio's road to freedom "Killing does not restore, it does not rehabilitate, it certainly punishes, but we can punish without taking somebody's life," he added. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/05f215a805b47fd427bcd33827c00c21
