death penalty sentences 2012

In Lebanon, the death penalty is applicable under Articles 37, 43 and 549 of the Criminal Code for ordinary crimes.13 Under the Lebanese law, any execution must be approved by the President of the Republic and the Prime Minister.
In Lebanon, approximately sixty convicted are sentenced to death. In 2012, the death penalty was seeked in many cases by the general prosecutor or by judges in their indictments, and death sentences continued to
be imposed by tribunals. In June 2012, military investigating judge Imad al-Zein required in its indictment the death penalty against three Lebanese men accused of killing a Syrian soldier during a shooting at the border in 2011. The same military judge also required in October 2012, the death penalty against two persons, Haniash-Shanti and Gharam Hussein,accused of the murder of two soldiers of the Lebanese army in a confrontation that occurred in Beirut in May 2012.