One of those lists.
Posted by turdslinger on November 25th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
Speaking of lists where the US looks like a 3rd world country, I always enjoy the “Countries and territories that retain the death penalty for ordinary crimes” list:
Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Botswana, Chad, China, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cuba, Dominica, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malaysia, Mongolia, Nigeria, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Trinidad And Tobago, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United States Of America, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zimbabwe
I think a half-decent way to govern a country would be to simply institute a policy of “Don’t be on any list that includes North Korea unless it’s ‘Countries that are not landlocked.’”
To be fair, pretty much all US executions occur in the South (Ohio is the only one carrying the torch in the North–yes, with god, all things are possible), and of those pretty much most of them occur in Texas.
We understand. We’re just slightly more peaceful about it.
