GLOBAL: UN official opposes death penalty

UN chief war crimes prosecutor Carla Del Ponte attended a campaign in Rome on Wednesday to spare the life of Osama bin Laden and said it should be possible for the world's most wanted man to face an international court.

"I believe that an international court could be a possibility for proceeding against bin Laden because his crimes are crimes against humanity," Del Ponte told a news conference.

"Since we are in the process of creating an international court with a specific jurisdiction over these crimes, I think it would be an idea to try in him in such a court," she said.

Del Ponte heads the U.N. International Tribunal in The Hague where former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic faces charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.