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Russians urge reinstatement of death penalty after brutal murder of 9-year-old girl Russians want return of DEATH PENALTY after brutal murder of 9yo girl
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The murder of a school girl in the city of Saratov has become such shock for Russia that politicians and the public united in calls to lift the moratorium on death penalty to punish child killers and pedophiles The murder of a schoolgirl in the city of Saratov has sent shockwaves throughout Russia and prompted calls from politicians and the public to lift the moratorium on the death penalty to punish child killers and pedophiles.
9-year-old Lisa went missing on her way to school on Wednesday, with hundreds of volunteers joining the search for the child. The girl’s body was discovered the next day, hidden at a garage of a 35-year-old man, who later confessed of a murder. The body of nine-year-old Lisa Kiseleva was discovered on Thursday, a day after she went missing on her way to school, prompting a widespread search by the whole community.
The news caused uproar in the city on the Volga River as people took to the streets and blocked a police car, in which they thought the detained suspect was transported. The crowd demanded him being handed over them to be lynched on the spot, forcing the officers to employ pepper spray. The police soon arrested a 35-year-old local man, who confessed that he’d killed the girl because he feared she would tell her parents that he was squatting at a garage.
MP for the ruling United Russia party, Evgeny Primakov, was first to suggest that “capital punishment must be brought back” as he commented on chilling reports from Saratov. The deputy said he couldn’t understand why should the money of taxpayers, including the parents of the victim, be used to fund the criminal’s stay in prison. When police transported the suspect to the local station, hundreds began protesting and surrounded a vehicle that they thought contained the alleged killer. The crowd demanded that he be handed over to them, to be lynched on the spot. Officers were force to deploy pepper spray.
He was backed by a host of other parliamentarians, including LibDem leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who expressed belief that “most people in Russia want the return of death penalty because they see it as an opportunity of fair vengeance. That’s how human psychology works.” Calls for the reinstatement of capital punishment immediately began circulating on social media, and the proposal was soon reiterated by lawmakers.
The head of the Fair Russia party compared the killing a child to an act of terrorism, saying that “a capital punishment would be a fair response to such a crime.”  Evgeny Primakov, an MP for the ruling United Russia party, was first to suggest that “capital punishment must be brought back” as chilling reports emerged from Saratov.
The State Duma’s page on Russia’s VK social network that launched a poll, in which over 121,000 people took part. 80 percent of them said that they support the reinstatement of capital punishment for child murderers and pedophiles. The deputy said that he couldn’t understand why taxpayers’ money, including that of the victim’s parents, should be used to fund the criminal’s stay in prison.
The parliament representatives later clarified that the survey wasn’t ordered by the MPs, but was solely the initiative of the SMM team. “It was just an online poll, but the media made it look like it was a nationwide referendum,” they said.But the call for such a referendum was voiced on Change.org where a petition, urging the organization of a plebiscite on reinstating death penalty already gathered over 4,700 signatures. He was backed by a host of other parliamentarians, including LibDem leader, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, who expressed belief that “most people in Russia want the return of deathpenalty because they see it as an opportunity for fair vengeance. That’s howhuman psychology works.”
Eventually, the Kremlin had to comment on the possible lifting of the moratorium on capital punishment, with presidential press-secretary, Dmitry Peskov, clarifying that “the issue isn’t being discussed.”A moratorium on the death penalty was introduced in Russia in 1997 when it joined the Council of Europe. The last death sentence in the country was enforced a year before that. The head of the Fair Russia party compared the killing of a child to an act of terrorism, saying that “capital punishment would be a fair response to such a crime.”
A poll on the issue was conducted on the State Duma’s page on Russia’s VK social network, in which over 121,000 people took part. Some 80 percent of respondentssaid that they supported the reinstatement of capital punishment for child murderers and pedophiles.
A petition on the Change.org website called for a plebiscite on the reinstatement of the death penalty, and attracted more than 4,700 signatures. 
Eventually, the Kremlin had to comment on the question of lifting the moratorium on capital punishment. Presidential press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, clarified that “the issue isn’t being discussed.”
A moratorium on the death penalty was introduced in Russia in 1997 when it joined the Council of Europe. The last death sentence in the country was enforced a year before that.
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