----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell Chapman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:01 AM Subject: Re: Evil Empire: the World leader in executions
> 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.... > I would note that it never says they were executed *when* they were minors, it just implies it. In some of the cases listed that I am familiar with, the accused reached the age of majority before he was tried or while he was tried. xponent Death Row Records Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
