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Uganda takes death penalty out of anti-gay bill

By: Rebekah | Published: December 9, 2009

Bloomberg is reporting that the Ugandan anti-gay bill will no longer include the death penalty or life imprisonment. The revision is an attempt “to attract the support of religious leaders who are opposed to these penalties,” according to ethics and integrity minister James Nsaba Buturo.

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