In good company
From the text of yesterday's Supreme Court decision.
"As respondent and a number of amici emphasize, Article 37 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which every country in the world has ratified save for the United States and Somalia, contains an express prohibition on capital punishment for crimes committedby juveniles under 18."
Any time you are mentioned as the only country to do something other than Somalia, a second look is certainly in order.
posted by Brian G. @ 11:56 AM
1 Comments:
Yes, but do you feel that the grounds for the Supreme Court decision were valid? This guy doesn't: http://keithdevens.com/weblog/archive/2005/Mar/01/SC.death-penalty
I am against the death penalty in almost all circumstances, but I think it should be decided on a state-by-state basis. Sentencing John Lee Malvo to die doesn't strike me as more "cruel and unusual" than doing so for an 18 year old murderer.
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