Bermuda retains death penalty
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Nearly 11,000 people cast ballots Tuesday in the island's first-ever referendum, which sought to establish whether the people want capital punishment abolished. Almost 79 percent voted to retain the death penalty for premeditated murder.
The result, while not binding on the government, sounded a defeat for abolitionists who have criticised the referendum ballot, which was called by Parliament.
Voters were asked a single question: whether they favor or oppose retention of the death penalty.
