Monday 14 May 2007

The Death Penalty


I was chatting with some friends about the death penalty last night and then discovered this

It does not make for good reading.

1 comment:

Babooshka said...

>torture used to extort confessions, confessions extracted under torture used as evidence in court, obviously fabricated evidence used in court

Jeez louise!

>Sadly, capital punishment in China has become routine. Nearly 70 crimes are punishable by execution, including non-violent crimes

It would be interesting to know what type of non-violent crimes could possibly justify (I use that term very loosely) a loss of life!