Terminator vs. The Civilized World

Europeans Outraged at Schwarzenegger

At the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI's top official for justice matters denounced the death penalty for going against redemption and human dignity. ..

Leaders of Austria's pacifist Green Party went as far as to call for Schwarzenegger to be stripped of his Austrian citizenship...

In Schwarzenegger's hometown of Graz, local Greens said they would file a petition to remove his name from the southern city's sports stadium. A Christian political group went even further, suggesting it be renamed the ``Stanley Tookie Williams Stadium.'' ...

``I am proud to be a Frenchman,'' [Socialist] party spokesman Julien Dray told RTL radio. ``I am proud to live in France, in a country where we don't execute somebody 21 years later.''

In Italy, the country's chapter of Amnesty International called the execution ``a cold-blooded murder.'' ...

Rome Mayor Walter Veltroni said the city would keep Williams in its memory the next time it celebrates a victory against the death penalty somewhere in the world. Rome's Colosseum, once the arena for deadly gladiator combat and executions, has become a symbol of Italy's anti-death penalty stance. Since 1999, the monument has been bathed in golden light every time a death sentence is commuted somewhere in the world or a country abolishes capital punishment.

``I hope there will be such an occasion soon,'' Veltroni said in a statement. ``When it happens, we will do it with a special thought for Tookie.''

California is scheduled to execute three more people in the next two months.