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  • Capital punishment, valuing life

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    @Anonymous:

    "capital punishment takes a guilty life" - if only it were so simple. Are those executed always guilty? Is this punishment consistently assigned to those found guilty?

    "Capital punishment actually reinforces the value of human life" - according to Amnesty International, the top 6 nations for executions in 2006 were: China, Iran, Pakistan, Iraq, Sudan, and the U.S. Is that, then, the list of the top human-life-valuing nations? (By the way, the USA and Iran also "lead" the world in executions of children under age 18 since 1990.)

    Please see

    http://www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?lang=e&id=ENGACT500022007

    for more.

    Wednesday, October 3, 2007 10:14 PM

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