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elSicomoro · 03-08-2001, 10:02 PM

[quote]Originally posted by tw

Little appreciated is that state execution is limited to the more barbaric countries. For example, in Europe, Ukraine is denied application to the EU or other European organizations because they still have executions. Euthanasia is acceptable but state sponsored executions are not in Europe. Ukraine is in process of modifying their laws.

I agree with that. Another interesting point--if you look at the number of handgun deaths each year by country, the number that happen here in the US is simply ridiculous. In countries like France, the UK, and Canada, the numbers are under 100 per year. I don't recall the number that happen here in the US, but I believe it is somewhere between 60,000 and 80,000. Does the rest of the world know something we don't?

I would also like to see the rate of execuitions vs. the quality of legal representation. PBS made it obvious that TX has some of the poorest legal representation among death roll internees. IL stopped all executions because the Republican governor discovered that most executions were probably based upon trials conducted in violation of US legal procedures - if not just flawed. Of course I am asking for facts that we will never see - too contraversal.

Also a good point. I don't completely fault the lawyers though. With a caseload of possibly hundreds, how can you truly defend a death penalty case? Not to mention, how can you properly represent your client?

03-08-2001, 10:02 PM	#6
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Re: Re: 3/7: TX death row part 2 [quote]Originally posted by tw Little appreciated is that state execution is limited to the more barbaric countries. For example, in Europe, Ukraine is denied application to the EU or other European organizations because they still have executions. Euthanasia is acceptable but state sponsored executions are not in Europe. Ukraine is in process of modifying their laws. I agree with that. Another interesting point--if you look at the number of handgun deaths each year by country, the number that happen here in the US is simply ridiculous. In countries like France, the UK, and Canada, the numbers are under 100 per year. I don't recall the number that happen here in the US, but I believe it is somewhere between 60,000 and 80,000. Does the rest of the world know something we don't? I would also like to see the rate of execuitions vs. the quality of legal representation. PBS made it obvious that TX has some of the poorest legal representation among death roll internees. IL stopped all executions because the Republican governor discovered that most executions were probably based upon trials conducted in violation of US legal procedures - if not just flawed. Of course I am asking for facts that we will never see - too contraversal. Also a good point. I don't completely fault the lawyers though. With a caseload of possibly hundreds, how can you truly defend a death penalty case? Not to mention, how can you properly represent your client?