breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
2 daysWhich other “highly developed” western country has the death penalty still?
- ohulancutash@feddit.ukEnglish2 days
The only other OEDC members to do so are Japan, Israel, and (theoretically) South Korea. Belarus is the only “western” country other than the US.
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How is Belarus a western country? Because its west of Russia? It’s practically a part of it.
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We need photos of her recovering in the hospital. Let this be capital punishment’s Terri Schiavo moment.
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It probably will be. I’ve heard questions about injection’s efficacy before so this will probably be the death knell for it.
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It shifted public opinion on medically assisted death. The legislation took another decade or so but the images forced everyone to rethink their stance. I remember rethinking the stance my religion had forced me to believe even as a kid.


