On Wed, 12 Sep 2001 08:53:46 +0800
Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| the real problem is whether the person was judged fairly, and that the
| society would keep the thief alive after he/she lost the hands.
I'm not an apologist for SA, but the courts there are very fair. Don't
confuse stiff punishment with unfair judgements. And everyone going into
it knows the rules.
Most people in the world think it is odd that the US complains about
beheading when in the US the death penalty is not forbidden by federal
law. Opinions differ on this in the US, but the current policy does
allow it.
| >I spoke to a man who was over there when a guy was being executed (head cut
| >off). He was out with his two kids walking and got caught up in the crowd.
| >The crowd pushed him and his kids to the front for a good view of the
| >beheading.
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