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getting stoned update

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

 Thanks to all of our friends visiting from Confounding the Wicked. Tom questions why the heck are we covering an execution in Iran? I’ll offer three reasons.  One, it is a slow week. Two, international developments impact on domestic death penalty practice, esp. as the US increasingly is an outlier under both in light of this administration’s foreign policy agenda in the arena of human rights &, more narrowly, international capital practices impact domestic practice when it comes to the death penalty (see, e.g., Roper v. Simmons). Thirdly, we have a large number of international readers, and those seeking updates on capital punishment developments internationally don’t have a singular place to go, however, this site is on their short list...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on February 06, 2008 (boomark / email).