RE: Human Rights Re: American Attitudes

[Charlie Bell]

John wrote:
> Still Have:
> USA, Lebanon, Taiwan (China above), Chile, Russian Federation, (Soviet
> Union above),
>
> Death Penalty Permitted in Exceptional Cases:
> United Kingdom

The exceptional case being treason, in Britain.

As I said in a previous post, the Isle of Man still had the death penlty for
murder (but no means of enforcing it). A few years ago (about 6 or 7, iirc),
a murderer was sentenced to death on Man, and Royal Lenience was invoked to
reduce this to a life sentence on Her Majesty's Pleasure.

Charlie