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What were the cultural changes that lead to Ireland's abolition of the death penalty in 1990 (constitutionally in 2001)? And was there a concurrent reassessment of the justification/propriety of executions undertaken by the state during the Civil War?

by /u/screwyoushadowban in /r/AskHistorians

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