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Justice minister vows to continue executions

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    Guinea's justice minister, Abou Camara, has said that he is intent on using capital punishment to stamp out crime. Reacting to the execution on Monday of five persons convicted of murder in 1995, Camara told the BBC the sentence was carried out "with the exclusive aim of guaranteeing peace". He said he was convinced that capital punishment would "end the flood of criminals in our country, which is really becoming exagerated". The minister said he was "not prepared to stop" and that "anyone who commits a severe crime in this country will be shot".

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