Re: Human Rights Re: American Attitudes

[Alberto Monteiro]

Jeroen van Baardwijk wrote:
>
>Last time I heard (some years ago), something similar happens in Belgium. A 
>Belgian court can still sentence someone to death, but the criminal 
>automatically receives a "Royal Pardon" from the King and has his sentence 
>changed to life in prison.
>
Does this makes the King a "friend of the murderers"? <duck>

Alberto Monteiro