[lbo-talk] Iran to ban death penalty for those under 18

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On Wed, 1 Oct 2003 at 9:37am Doug Henwood wrote:

> uvj at vsnl.com wrote:
>
> >Iran to ban death penalty for those under 18
>
> Hmm, so that leaves the U.S. and who else?

Only Congo (DRC), the other Congo (Republic) has de facto
banned the DP altogether.

according to Amnesty:

<http://www.amnestyusa.org/abolish/aboutdp.html>

"Since 2000, only four countries -the U.S., the Democratic
Republic of Congo (DRC), Pakistan and Iran- are known to
have executed juvenile offenders. Further narrowing this
list, Pakistan recently abolished the death penalty for
juvenile offenders and the DRC has established a moratorium
on executions."

And here's another fun fact:

"The United States, China, Iran and Saudi Arabia account for
over 80% of the executions recorded by Amnesty
International."

What a club to be a member of...

Here's a nice summary of which countries have abolished the
death penalty de jure or de facto and a list of enlightened
places like the US that still have it.

<http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=30&did=140>




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