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Here's a good case for killing the death penalty

Opponents of the death penalty have reason for hope this week. Two high-profile cases are exposing the sick, barbaric folly of execution in America. When the U.S. resumed executions in 1977, only 16 nations had abolished the death penalty; the number has since grown to 92. Five nations now carry out more than 90% of the world's executions: Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, China - and the United States. We're in pretty grim company. But this week, America took a step toward evolving in the direction of the civilized world. In Georgia, a man on Death Row got an extremely rare ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court. And in Texas, a high-ranking judge is herself on trial - prosecuted for misconduct after callously refusing to hear the eleventh-hour appeal of a prisoner who was about to be executed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Lethal Injection on August 21, 2009 (boomark / email).