5-Mag-94
By Svetlana Koptel
The Constitution of Belarus include death penalty as capital punishment (article 24).
Penal code: article 61 (high treason),
article 100 (murder),
article 115.
The death penalty can't be used in relation to women, under-ages and old people.
It is possible to change capital punishment using appelation.
The chairman of pardon comission of Supreme Soviet is Vladimir Samusev
phone (0172) 293-492
No moratorium is active at this moment.
