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Colosseum To Recognize Commutation
.c The Associated Press
ROME (AP) - Opponents of the death penalty will soon send their
message in a spectacular way: the Colosseum will be illuminated
by golden lights each time a convict is spared execution.
Starting Dec. 12, the Roman amphitheater where thousands of
gladiators and wild beasts died in combat is to be permanently
lit by white lights. When a death sentence is commuted or
postponed anywhere in the world, the lights will turn golden for
48 hours.
``We want to applaud those who accept a moratorium,'' Staffan De
Mistura, director of the Rome office of the United Nations, said
Thursday.
``There is to be no blaming, no criticism, no finger pointing,''
De Mistura said. ``But certainly rejoicing.''
He said the ancient monument was chosen specifically for its
historical link with death. It is to serve as a ``living
testimony'' for a moratorium, he said.
Nearly half a million people visit the Colosseum in a normal
year. Millions of extra tourists and pilgrims are expected for
Christianity's 2000 Holy Year.
The death penalty initiative at the Colosseum is sponsored by the
United Nations, the Italian government and the Vatican.
Pope John Paul II, the U.N. human rights commissioner and others
are expected to appear on a giant screen at the Dec. 12
inauguration ceremony to push for a death penalty moratorium.
AP-NY-10-28-99 1126EDT
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Associated Press.
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