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Originally posted by Snakeeye@Jul 6 2005, 03:41 PM
Well, we can always overlook the fact that the US executes people for criminal activity, while those other nations often execute people for political reasons.
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We can also overlook the fact that given the high number of people executed in the US there has been without question some innocent people wrongfully executed.
Great documentary on this subject is available now - I think its called Deadline and chronicles a US governor as his weighs whether or not to cancel all pending executions in his state upon realizing that his justic system has serious problems.