New Jersey on Monday became the first state in more than three decades to abolish the death penalty after a state commission ruled the punishment is "inconsistent with evolving standards of decency."
Finally, someone is doing the right thing, I think....
I know, we heard the news in Sweden too. It´s probably a long time since someone was killed by state authority in Sweden, I have to check with the knowledge base at home (JH that is).
ReplyDeleteI think the last executed person in Sweden was in the 1920s, unless it was that spy couple in the 1950s.
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