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Summary:On November 17 1968 a Greek court imposed the death sentence on a student who had tried to kill the Prime Minister George Papadopoulos. The accused man was Alexandros Panagoulis, who asked the military court to sentence him to death so that the struggle against the military regime would go on.
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Location:GREECE ATHENS
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