The Death Penalty Bill: Q&A | Association for Civil Rights in Israel

The Knesset is advancing a death penalty bill: Penal Code (Amendment—Death Penalty for Terrorists). Below is information about the bill, which ACRI unequivocally opposes. What does the bill say? The proposal addresses the application of the death penalty in military courts in the territories and in civilian courts in Israel, separately, since these operate within two separate and distinct legal systems. The bill has already passed the first reading, and is expected to move soon to second and thi