US Politics

[Teddy Eagle]

First execution of a woman in 200 years.

Is the United States descending into an abyss?

Alastair Crooke has an increasingly desperate stance:-

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If the death sentence is on the agenda women will be subject to the same treatment as men for the same crimes if there are no mitigating circumstances.
It's a very divisive subject and difficult to look at dispassionately but overall executions in America are disproportionately of poor people.

 

[eaglesdare]

If the death sentence is on the agenda women will be subject to the same treatment as men for the same crimes if there are no mitigating circumstances.
It's a very divisive subject and difficult to look at dispassionately but overall executions in America are disproportionately of poor people.

Perhaps it was just her hormones that caused her to murder someone? 🙄

 

[Jimenez]

First execution of a woman in 200 years.

Is the United States descending into an abyss?

Alastair Crooke has an increasingly desperate stance:-

😎

Never the same energy when Saudi Arabia executes dozens every year usually by beheading.

 

[Jimenez]

If the death sentence is on the agenda women will be subject to the same treatment as men for the same crimes if there are no mitigating circumstances.
It's a very divisive subject and difficult to look at dispassionately but overall executions in America are disproportionately of murderers

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Yes but mainly of murderers who don't have top notch defence lawyers.

 

[Wisbech Eagle]

Yes but mainly of murderers who don't have top notch defence lawyers.

Only yesterday the story below broke, which ought to give everyone pause for thought. Thank goodness we stopped executing people years ago.

Man released on bail after 41 years on death row in Utah

New DNA analysis did not match Douglas Stewart Carter, now 71, who was convicted of killing a woman but always maintained his innocence.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Teddy Eagle]

Only yesterday the story below broke, which ought to give everyone pause for thought. Thank goodness we stopped executing people years ago.

Man released on bail after 41 years on death row in Utah

New DNA analysis did not match Douglas Stewart Carter, now 71, who was convicted of killing a woman but always maintained his innocence.

www.bbc.co.uk

Good example.