Shameful isolation -- US leads worldwide execution of child offenders

[Nambe]

AI Canada

The USA's willingness to execute prisoners for crimes committed when they were children puts it in a world of its own, Amnesty International said today, as it published a new report on global adherence to the ban on the death penalty against child offenders - - those under 18 at the time of their crimes.

"Two thirds of the world's known executions of child offenders in the past decade occurred in the USA, including the only four in the past 18 months," Amnesty International said. "This is now the only country that openly continues to carry out such executions within the framework of its regular criminal justice system." ---

The international community has adopted four human rights treaties of worldwide or regional scope which explicitly exclude child offenders from the death penalty. This exemption is also contained in the Geneva Conventions and their two Additional Protocols. The ban is so widely recognized and respected that it has become a principle of customary international law. ---

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[saigon68]

1. GUESS THAT WILL TEACH THE LITTLE BASTARDS

Don't do a crime

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[Bandit]

2. America should be proud. We kill more of our own than any one else

We are a nation of horror. We love killing, even children, and our fearless leader is the most gleeful of them all. IMO America deserves anything the Lord wants to dish out to us.