Unless they committed the crime of being an inconvenience prior to being born. In that case, they don't have a right to life yet.
Since we are calling on countries to do things, I call on the non-death penalty countries to re-adopt it. Now. We are even.
When the EU is able to solve its own problems, then it might have some credibility in giving advice to the U.S. But that's going to take them a loooooooooong time.
I think we should insist that the EU not be considered a civilized entity until they give its citizens the right to bear arms.
"Luckily the death penalty is disappearing throughout the world, but the number of executions carried out is still excessively high."
It's never even. Almost everyone that commits murder kills more than one person in their criminal career. Drug dealers could potentially be responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people; though some would argue it's supply and demand and a junkie is free to choose to kill themselves with drugs, if they want to. But I digress...
Say a murderer is found guilty by a jury of his peers for the slaughter of a family of five while they were asleep in their beds.
You can only kill the murderer once, though he's guilty of five murders. I say we kill 'em, bring 'em back to life, kill 'em again, bring 'em back to life, etc.
So, you're right, Sir. The number of executions (by one citizen against another) IS excessively high these days.
There! That ought to satisfy the EU Doorknobs. *Rolleyes*
Ok, how about we start with the beheadings.
EU mind your own damned buisness.
Yup...see the current CNN poll on the Kalifornia executon. Even the 9th circus wouldn't touch it.