The Coalition Provisional Authority suspended capital punishment across Iraq, halting its availability under the drug law as well as other criminal laws. Its order allowed life imprisonment or a lesser lawful penalty where death had been the sole punishment and said the former government had used criminal law to repress people. Iraq's interim government restored death penalties for selected offences in August 2004, including drug trafficking aimed at funding or assisting the violent overthrow of the government.[1][2]
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References
- Coalition Provisional Authority — Order 7, Penal CodeCoalition Provisional Authority · 2003 · Sections 3(1) and 6; PDF pp. 2–3; signature dated 10 June 2003, commencement on signaturearchived
- Iraqi Legislation Database — Order 3 of 2004 restoring capital punishmentParagraphs 1–2 and 9
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