[SlowBoat407]

Okay, so even a broken clock is right twice a day.

[peyton randolph]

I wish American due process could be combined with Islamic sentencing. Give criminals their day in court...but make sure that the punishment fits the crime.

[BibChr]

Assuming that he was actually guilty of those crimes, I must say that I'm not immediately certain that our method of execution — on those relatively rare occasions where it is actually used — is superior to theirs.

Dan
Biblical Christianity BLOG

[FlipWilson]

Wow, looks like the ACLU couldn't file fast enough to stop this one.

[OldSmaj]

Hanging by a crane - a common form of execution in Iran - does not involve a swift death as the condemned prisoner's neck is not broken.

So who says it needs to be swift?

This should be standard fare for any NAMBLA pervert, too.

Sometimes those nitwits over there do get it right.

[expatpat]

Did SCOTUS deem this cruel and unusual punishment? Or did they use this as an example of international views on capital punishment?

[nuffsenuff]

Damn... There's something to say for Iranian justice.

[Pearls Before Swine]

I like the audience participation aspect of the sentence in this case. The problem with Islamic jurisprudence is when the punishment is meted out not for justice, but as a crowd spectacle and participation sport for sadists.

[jtminton]

Hey this is kinda like our "bring back the Stocks" idea. . .

[governsleastgovernsbest]

Hanging by a crane - a common form of execution in Iran - does not involve a swift death.

Yeah, I could see where that could hurt.

[The Great Yazoo]

Is the SCOTUS displaying its cultural bias when it limits its search for "evolving standards" to Western Civilization?

[BostonianRightist]

This certainly seems more just than the parole sentence a child molester here in MA got.

[Virginia Queen]

I know everyone who has lost a loved one to a killer would like to exact this type of revenge. But, in my heart, I know that I would not feel any better if I stabbed this person, or if I watched him die. My pain would still be with the loss of my loved one, not the death of the killer. The only slight consolation I would have is knowing that the killer would not be able to kill again. On the other hand, if I thought the killer was going to walk free, I would take great delight in administering my own, final justice.

[Banjoguy]

..works for me.

[Pylot]

Clearly our own SCOTUS has not looked to this form of international law as a reference

[DarthTinkerbell]

I like that the victims' families get to participate in the punishment. Nice touch.

[Sax]

He took little kids from their parents. He drugged them. He raped them. He buried them in shallow graves. He repeated this many times.

Any bleeding hearts will just have to forgive the weakness of the rest of us for wanting his death to be unpleasant.

[sure_fine]

have to give them credit, they do know how to party

[Red Badger]

Michael Jackson needs a vacation to Iran.........

[JustRight]

Where were the protests of Amnesty International?