death penalty

PM supports use of death penalty in exceptional cases

Taking to Facebook to express his anger, Morawiecki wrote that the current penalties for terrible crimes were too lenient, and insisted that punishment had to be appropriate to the offence to be an effective deterrent. Mateusz Morawiecki/Facebook

Poland's prime minister said on Wednesday that he is in favour of the reinstatement of the death penalty for the “most brutal offenders.”

Deputy justice minister calls for death penalty for 'brutal crimes'

Speaking to PAP, Marcin Romanowski, a deputy justice minister, referred to the Monday death of an eight-year-old boy from burn wounds inflicted by his step-father. The boy died after several weeks in hospital, where doctors put him into an induced coma in an effort to save his life.

Polish PM says he supports death penalty

Mateusz Morawiecki has said that in his opinion the death penalty should be allowed in the cases of the worst crimes.

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