A little news item at CNN:
29 convicts executed in IranI'm all for the death penalty where murder is involved and an airtight conviction for serious drug dealing wouldn't raise my hackles either but killing someone for being a public nuisance? From the article:
Twenty-nine people convicted of various crimes, ranging from murder to being a public nuisance while drunk, were hanged in Iran, state TV said.
Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported earlier that 30 people would be put to death. It was not immediately clear if the last person's life was spared.
The Iranian judiciary's statement said that all 30 were convicted of various crimes, which included: murder, murder in commission of a crime, disturbing public safety and security, being a public nuisance while drunk and being involved in illegal relationships -- relationships between men and women who are not married to each other.
According to Amnesty International, Iran executed 317 people last year, second only to China's 470.Let's see -- China has a population of 1,330,044,605 whereas Iran has a population of 65,875,223. Hey, Amnesty International, do your math -- killing 0.000035 percent of your population (China) is a lot better than killing 0.00048 percent (Iran) Order of magnitude better. As for the record -- the USA has a population of 303,824,646 and in 2007, we executed 42 people. That puts us at 0.0000138 percent. 3X better than China.
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