ThomWV (1000+ posts) Sun Jul-27-08 12:32 PM
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3. I don't think anyone was concerned about the death penalty when this was published
This isn't about the death penalty, its about arousing hatred, fear, and loathing of Iran. It is to make them seem to be barbaric, inhumane and unhuman - a natural enemy.
Kinda like the way the media only reports the alleged misdeeds of our troops in Iraq and never the thousands of individual good things they've accomplished, you mean?

By the way, every time someone is executed at Florida State Prison, it's reported in the media around the state. So yeah, I'm pretty sure people know some U.S. states have the death penalty, and yeah, I'm pretty sure people know it gets used.
I doubt the unfortunate souls in Iran had the benefit of sitting around Death Row for 2-3 decades having their sentence vetted by government review boards, getting millions of dollars worth of appeals and being advocated for by anti-death penalty groups.
So sorry that one of your favorite despotic nations got some bad PR.