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Posted by The Skipper    United States   on 05/06/2006 at 10:20 AM   
 
  1. "USA executes its citizens every ten days”
    No we Don’t...... We execute Murderers every 10 days.. and that is only brought to light by the assembly line death row Texas runs.. in actuality it is a lot bigger span then every 10 days… and the United states also executes Non-citizen Murderers that are convicted in the United states.. most of the times Drug-related Murders....the 1’s that get caught..

    Posted by Infinity    United States   05/06/2006  at  11:13 AM  

  2. And, it is not very likely that Stalin’s murder victims received a fair trial, multiple appeals, a press who was anti-death penalty praising their good works, 20+ years of waiting for their day, or a sterile room attended by doctors, priests and reporters.  Likely most of these unfortunates were not murderers, thiefs, or guilty of any other major crime (or minor for that matter).

    Posted by John C    United States   05/06/2006  at  11:22 AM  

  3. As far as I am aware they still execute murderers in Russia. It is hardly a bastion of justice and democracy! If they want to bleat why don’t the pick on their commie stooge buddies in China?

    Posted by LyndonB    United Kingdom   05/06/2006  at  01:14 PM  

  4. Typical left lib whine point out the lesser evil your neighbor does while ignoring the greater evil you are doing - like perhaps helping Imawackjob of Iran to gain a nuc weapon. Besides I agree with Infinity that it is really probably less than one every 10 days, doubt in my lifetime it will ever be plural (citizens) and they are convicted criminals with many options including state provided lawyers - not even close to the comparisons of not only Stalin but say the gulags?!?

    Posted by wardmama4    United States   05/06/2006  at  03:33 PM  

  5. wouldn’t want statistics to get in their way I guess? This data is through july 2005
    Below From Here

    U.S. EXECUTIONS BY YEAR
    1977 - 01 1984 - 21 1991 - 14 1998 - 68
    1978 - 00 1985 - 18 1992 - 31 1999 - 98
    1979 - 02 1986 - 18 1993 - 38 2000 - 85
    1980 - 00 1987 - 25 1994 - 31 2001 - 66
    1981 - 01 1988 - 11 1995 - 56 2002 - 71
    1982 - 02 1989 - 16 1996 - 45 2003 - 65
    1983 - 05 1990 - 23 1997 - 74 2004 - 59
    7/1/05 - 28

    Yeah that sure does translate to every 10 days doesn’t it? I think even a third grader could figure out that their article is a lie with an average…

    also as for the other claim people tout out there that it discriminates against other races… Hmm this blows that out of the water
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    .S. EXECUTIONS BY RACE AND GENDER
    White 563 (57%) Male 962 (99%)
    Black 327 (34%) Female 010 (01%)
    Hispanic 061 (06%)
    Native Am 014 (01%)
    Asian 008 (01%)

    More Interesting info from that site

    Of the 3,452 inmates on Death Row as of January 1, 2004:

    64.5% had a prior felony conviction at the time of the murder.
    08.2% had a prior homicide conviction at the time of the murder.
    07.9% had criminal charges pending at the time of the murder.
    27.3% were on probation or parole at the time of the murder.
    4.5% were incarcerated or had escaped from incarceration.
    14% had accumulated more than one death sentence.
    23% were married, 21% divorced, 03% widowed, and 54% never married.
    39% were high school/GED graduates.
    40% were under the age of 25 at arrest; 3.9% are under 25 now.
    0.2% were 60+ years at arrest; 3.3% are 60+ years now.
    The average age was 40 years. (28 at sentencing)

    The youngest inmate was sentenced to death in Texas in August 2002 at the age of 18 years, 04 months, and as of 01-01-04 was 19 years, 09 months old.

    The oldest inmate is Viva Leroy Nash (DOB: 09-10-15), sentenced to death in Arizona in June 1983 at the age of 67 years, 09 months, and as of 01-01-04 was 88 years, 3 months old.

    Posted by Infinity    United States   05/06/2006  at  09:26 PM  

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