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[urbpan]

Our clock radio just woke me up with this fact: The only countries that allow the death penalty to be carried out against children are Iran, Somalia, Congo and The United States.

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[rwblackbird.livejournal.com]

has the USA ever done such a thing in recent history?

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

"There are 72 juvenile offenders on death row, including 42 in Texas and Alabama. There have been 22 executions of juvenile offenders since 1976, 18 of them in Texas, Virginia and Oklahoma. " Charles Lane The Washington Post October 13, 2004 http://thedaily.washington.edu/news.lasso?-database=DailyWebSQL&-table=Articles&-response=wnpage.lasso&-keyField=__Record_ID__&-keyValue=10347&-search

[catchyseachild.livejournal.com]

Juvenile offenders meaning those between 16-18 years of age. There is a law against executing those under 16.

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Death Penalty Permitted in:
Afghanistan
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Botswana
Burundi
Cameroon
Chad
China (People's Republic)
Comoros
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Cuba
Dominica
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea
Guyana
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Korea, North
Korea, South
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Malawi
Malaysia
Mongolia
Morocco
Myanmar
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan
Palestinian Authority
Philippines
Qatar
Rwanda
St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Saudi Arabia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Somalia
Sudan
Swaziland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Trinidad and Tobago
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United States of America
Uzbekistan
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

The Carribean? Japan? They seem out of place.
Everyone else makes sense. It embarrasses me. Do we really want to be on the same list as Myanmar and Uganda on a human rights issue?

[rwblackbird.livejournal.com]

It is pretty sick that a government can support killing in the name of the law, as with the death penalty.
But when it comes to killing in the name of life, as with stem cell research, they condemn it.

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

Um, no they don't.

Our current president specifically is attempting to legislate against stem cell research for that very reason. He wants to try to promote a 'culture of life' - you know, what with the death penalty and random wars for no reason.

Why on earth do you assume that stem cell research requires the killing of anything or anyone?

[rwblackbird.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it is because I am exauhsted (I just spent 3 hours knee deep in mud catching benthic invertebrates) but I dont understand the first part of your comment. I think we're both arguing for the same side.


but regarding the second part... Because, as far as I know, to get a stemcell you must destroy a human embryo.

That is why all the anti-abortion close-minded church groups in my town are opposed to it.