...probably just as bad, at least at this point in history. This letter is "The Pot calling the Kettle Black" with regard to Human Rights, but for the most part, it was a good attempt at a wake up call.
As I posted earlier this year, George W. Bush and the Iranian President are the same Politician. They use the same methods and political strategies. Here's a link to my post in February, and what I base that statement on.
Also, here's a few select quotes from the Amnesty International Facts and Figures on the Death Penalty
FACTS AND FIGURES ON THE DEATH PENALTY
(1 January 2006) <
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT500062006?open&of=ENG-USA>
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4. Death Sentences and Executions
During 2005, at least 2,148 prisoners were executed in 22 countries and 5,186 people were sentenced to death in 53 countries. These figures include only cases known to Amnesty International; the true figures are certainly higher.
In 2005,
94 per cent of all known executions took place in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the USA. Based on public reports available, Amnesty International estimated that at least 1,770 people were executed in China during the year, although the true figures were believed to be much higher. A Chinese legal expert was quoted as stating the figure for executions is approximately 8,000 based on information from local officials and judges, but official national statistics on the application of the death penalty remained classified as a state secret.
Iran executed at least 94 people and Saudi Arabia at least 86, but the totals may have been much higher. Sixty people were executed in the USA.
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6. Use of the Death Penalty Against Child Offenders
International human rights treaties prohibit anyone under 18 years old at the time of the crime being sentenced to death....
...Eight countries since 1990 are known to have executed prisoners who were under 18 years old at the time of the crime – China, Congo (Democratic Republic), Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, USA and Yemen. China, Pakistan and Yemen have raised the minimum age to 18 in law.
The USA executed more child offenders than any other country (19 between 1990 and 2003) before the US Supreme Court ruled in March 2005 that the execution of children under the age of 18 was unconstitutional....
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http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGACT500062006?open&of=ENG-USA>
More from AI regarding the U.S. <
http://web.amnesty.org/library/eng-usa/reports>
And HRW: <
http://www.hrw.org/doc/?t=usa>