death penalty

Half of Romanians would vote to reintroduce the death penalty, were there a referendum on this issue, according to a survey conducted by sociological research company CCSB and ordered by NGO “Pro Democratia.”

Most Romanians would agree with introducing death penalty, with considering criticism against the Orthodox religion as criminal offence and withdrawing the Romanian citizenship for Roma offenders or people who demand the autonomy of the Szeckler county, ProDemocratia Association shows in a survey.

Constantin Rauta, a former officer of Romania’s Foreign Intelligence Department under the Ceausescu regime, sentenced to death by the Bucharest Military Court in 1974, didn’t have his sentence overturned Friday at the High Court of Justice.