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Pope Leo calls death penalty inadmissible as US plans livestreamed execution

Pope Leo calls death penalty inadmissible as US plans livestreamed execution

Pope Leo has declared the death penalty inadmissible.

The United States, where he was born, is planning to livestream an execution.

The death penalty is punishment by execution.

A livestream would show the execution as it happens.

The pope’s statement and the US plan point to opposing positions on capital punishment.

No details are given about where or when the planned execution will take place.

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