Doug quoted: > "Two thirds of the known executions of child offenders in > the past decade were carried out in the USA", the organization
Don't you just love the way AI uses the words "Child Offenders" and "Children" over and over throughout the article. You get this image of a tear-streaked and bewildered 10 year old being led up to the chair... The reality of the 17 year olds who have been criminals for half their life, and have zero respect for the law or society (or indeed, life itself) never enters the picture. Similarly, the 200 to 300 mentally retarded inmates conjures up images of Rain Man or some drooling vegetable. The statistic is actually for people with "some form of mental retardation" which could mean nothing more than he's "dumber than shit".... I'm against the execution of minors, but this sort of rhetoric is just so over the top.... Cheers Russell C. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
