VILNIUS - In a move that will win kudos in Europe, the Constitutional Court ruled to uphold the Parliament's decision to abolish capital punishment because it violates the Lithuanian constitution's guarantee of right to life for the country's inhabitants.Changes in the penalty code that included killing the death penalty were proposed by President Valdas Adamkus, and Parliament approved the proposition just before the Christmas break Dec. 21. The Council of Europe, to which Lithuania belongs, requires members to abolish capital punishmentThe move means all convicted killers will get life im...
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