Lebanon moved to abolish the death penalty, making it the first Arab state to end the practice. The country’s parliament overwhelmingly passed the measure in a landmark vote, makin

Lebanon moved to abolish the death penalty, making it the first Arab state to end the practice. The country’s parliament overwhelmingly passed the measure in a landmark vote, making life sentence with hard labor the highest penalty that can be imposed. Link Lebanon takes step to become first Arab country to abolish death penalty The bill would make life sentence with hard labor the highest penalty that can be imposed.