Which other “highly developed” western country has the death penalty still?
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.
How is Belarus a western country? Because its west of Russia? It’s practically a part of it.
We need photos of her recovering in the hospital. Let this be capital punishment’s Terri Schiavo moment.
It probably will be. I’ve heard questions about injection’s efficacy before so this will probably be the death knell for it.
In what way? I don’t think that case really broke any new ground.
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.
