{"id":"20151313-3fef-4614-bb76-e6d23a2f392d","url":"https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-death-penalty-beirut-execution-5b945eed24515c8b42be348a86a3d042","domain":"apnews.com","outlet":{"name":"AP News","country":"US","cred":5,"lean":0,"curated":true},"title":"Lebanon abolishes death penalty in landmark parliament vote - AP News","plainHeadline":"Lebanon abolishes death penalty in parliament vote - AP News","rewrite":{"model":"gpt-5.6-sol","at":"2026-08-12T11:09:16.176Z"},"summary":["Lebanon's parliament voted to abolish the death penalty in a landmark decision.","The country will replace sentences with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labor.","Lebanon has maintained an unofficial moratorium on executions since January 2004.","Rights groups praise the move; Hezbollah bloc opposes it in parliament.","Details on enforcement of 'aggravated hard labor' remain unclear amid resource constraints."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-08-11T12:28:00.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-08-11T16:58:47.837Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/0c8ad71b-92a1-4dd1-b266-d2ed650c7fc7"}