[Herakles]

“Saudi Arabia follows a strict interpretation of Islam under which people convicted of murder, drug trafficking, rape and armed robbery face the death sentence.”

Ok, it maybe Islamic law, but I think they have something here where the punishment fits the crime.

I wonder what would happen here if this law were enacted? Could some of these crimes vanish; and for those who got punished, well, they knew what they were getting into!

[tgusa]

It’s barbaric but it works for them. When in Saudi I saw people going into the mosque in Riyadh for prayer time just leave their car keys, Nikon cameras etc. on the roof of their car. Nobody steals, nobody. They have a saying that you’ll see beggars with one hand (a thief) but you never see beggars with no hands.

[Red Badger]

The last public execution in Florida was here in Okaloosa County (panhandle FWB-Destin) on the courthouse lawn in the early 1900’s. Newspaper accounts of the day of the hanging said it was a carnival type atmosphere with people coming from far away (50 miles maybe?) and picnic lunches..............