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retentionist

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retentionist [rɪˈtɛnʃənɪst]
n
a person who advocates the retention of something, esp capital punishment
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Aa The intiative aimed at raising public awareness in retentionist countries through public education, outreach to influence public opinion, studies on how states' death penalty systems comply with international minimum standards, informing and supporting strategies for replacing the death penalty and efforts for securing the access of death row inmates to appropriate levels of legal support and training for lawyers.
EU Commission calls for abolishing death penalty by The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
3) Abolitionist states have completely abolished the death penalty, abolitionists in practice (de facto abolitionists) have stopped sentencing defendants to death, and retentionist states still retain capital punishment.
Towards the Abolition of the Death Penalty in Africa by Enchill, Michelle / Stanford Journal of International Law
But back on the main track, it does not go unrecorded that many of the retentionists for slavery were amassed in Liverpool, epitomised here by Ciaran Hinds as the villainous Lord Tarleton.
Too white on the night; At the Movies Film fails to put the focus on ... by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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