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NAME: ITA LIGHTS 20071219I TAPE: EF07/1510 IN_TIME: 10:06:13:18 DURATION: 00:01:55:24 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Rome - 19 Dec 2007 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST ++NIGHTS SHOTS++ 1. Wide of Colosseum lit up, and Christmas tree in foreground 2. Mid of lit up arches in the Colosseum, and lights on Christmas tree in foreground 3. Pan right of lit up Colosseum 4. Wide of lit up Colosseum with Christmas tree and traffic on the street 5. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Francesco, tourist: "I think that nobody, but the United Nations can be one of the biggest starting points to avoid the unfortunate death penalty in many nations, so in my opinion it is a very good thing this happening now, let's hope it keeps going this way!" 6. Wide of Colosseum with the moon in background 7. Close up of the moon. 8. Colosseum arches and tree 9. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Pasquale, local resident: "I believe that the life of a human being cannot belong to one nation or to the president of a single nation. Is is something that goes beyond human possibilities, it is something that probably God gave us, and it is right that he will be the one to eventually put an end to our experience on Earth." 10. Colosseum arches 11. Wide of Colosseum and Christmas tree 12. Wide of Colosseum with Christmas tree and traffic on the street. STORYLINE Officials in Rome lit up the Colosseum on Wednesday night, in support of New Jersey which became the first US state to abolish the death penalty in more than 40 years. Death penalty opponents hailed the new law as a historic victory against capital punishment. Once the arena for deadly gladiator combat and executions, the Colosseum has become a symbol of the fight against the death penalty. "In my opinion it is a very good thing this happening now, let's hope it keeps going this way!" said Francesco, a tourist passing by the Colosseum while it was being lit up. Since 1999 the Colosseum has been lit up every time a death sentence is commuted somewhere in the world or a country abolishes capital punishment. "I believe that the life of a human being cannot belong to one nation or to the president of a single nation. Is is something that goes beyond human possibilities, it is something that probably God gave us, and it is right that he will be the one to eventually put an end to out experience on Earth," a local resident told AP Television while admiring the lit up arches on the Colosseum's second floor. New Jersey reinstated the death penalty in 1982, six years after the US Supreme Court allowed states to resume executions, but it has not executed anyone since 1963. A recent Quinnipiac University poll showed New Jersey voters supported keeping the death penalty by a 53 percent to 39 percent margin. The telephone poll of 1,085 voters was conducted from December 5-9 and had a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The bill passed the New Jersey Legislature largely along party lines, with controlling Democrats supporting the abolition and minority Republicans opposed. Republicans unsuccessfully sought to retain the death penalty for those who murder law enforcement officials, terrorists and those who rape and murder children. The nation's last execution was September 25 in Texas. Since then, executions have been delayed pending a US Supreme Court decision on whether execution through lethal injection violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The decision in New Jersey comes as the UN General Assembly called on Tuesday for a moratorium on the death penalty as a step toward abolishing all executions. The move was hailed by opponents of capital punishment and criticised by supporters including the US, Iran and China. The vote in the 192-member world body was 104-54 with 29 abstentions.
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Source | ABCNEWS VideoSource |
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Title: | Italy Lights - Coliseum lit up to mark abolition of death penalty in New Jersey |
Date: | 12/19/2007 |
Library: | APTN |
Tape Number: | VSAP547791 |
Content: | NAME: ITA LIGHTS 20071219I TAPE: EF07/1510 IN_TIME: 10:06:13:18 DURATION: 00:01:55:24 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION DATELINE: Rome - 19 Dec 2007 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST ++NIGHTS SHOTS++ 1. Wide of Colosseum lit up, and Christmas tree in foreground 2. Mid of lit up arches in the Colosseum, and lights on Christmas tree in foreground 3. Pan right of lit up Colosseum 4. Wide of lit up Colosseum with Christmas tree and traffic on the street 5. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Francesco, tourist: "I think that nobody, but the United Nations can be one of the biggest starting points to avoid the unfortunate death penalty in many nations, so in my opinion it is a very good thing this happening now, let's hope it keeps going this way!" 6. Wide of Colosseum with the moon in background 7. Close up of the moon. 8. Colosseum arches and tree 9. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Pasquale, local resident: "I believe that the life of a human being cannot belong to one nation or to the president of a single nation. Is is something that goes beyond human possibilities, it is something that probably God gave us, and it is right that he will be the one to eventually put an end to our experience on Earth." 10. Colosseum arches 11. Wide of Colosseum and Christmas tree 12. Wide of Colosseum with Christmas tree and traffic on the street. STORYLINE Officials in Rome lit up the Colosseum on Wednesday night, in support of New Jersey which became the first US state to abolish the death penalty in more than 40 years. Death penalty opponents hailed the new law as a historic victory against capital punishment. Once the arena for deadly gladiator combat and executions, the Colosseum has become a symbol of the fight against the death penalty. "In my opinion it is a very good thing this happening now, let's hope it keeps going this way!" said Francesco, a tourist passing by the Colosseum while it was being lit up. Since 1999 the Colosseum has been lit up every time a death sentence is commuted somewhere in the world or a country abolishes capital punishment. "I believe that the life of a human being cannot belong to one nation or to the president of a single nation. Is is something that goes beyond human possibilities, it is something that probably God gave us, and it is right that he will be the one to eventually put an end to out experience on Earth," a local resident told AP Television while admiring the lit up arches on the Colosseum's second floor. New Jersey reinstated the death penalty in 1982, six years after the US Supreme Court allowed states to resume executions, but it has not executed anyone since 1963. A recent Quinnipiac University poll showed New Jersey voters supported keeping the death penalty by a 53 percent to 39 percent margin. The telephone poll of 1,085 voters was conducted from December 5-9 and had a sampling error margin of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The bill passed the New Jersey Legislature largely along party lines, with controlling Democrats supporting the abolition and minority Republicans opposed. Republicans unsuccessfully sought to retain the death penalty for those who murder law enforcement officials, terrorists and those who rape and murder children. The nation's last execution was September 25 in Texas. Since then, executions have been delayed pending a US Supreme Court decision on whether execution through lethal injection violates the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment. The decision in New Jersey comes as the UN General Assembly called on Tuesday for a moratorium on the death penalty as a step toward abolishing all executions. The move was hailed by opponents of capital punishment and criticised by supporters including the US, Iran and China. The vote in the 192-member world body was 104-54 with 29 abstentions. |
Media Type: | Summary |