Thursday, February 2, 2012

Iraqi Executions

Iraqi executions for this year alone have been estimated at over 50; January 19 alone had 34 executions. Human Rights activists are questioning the due process and fairness of the trials. The prisoners are not allowed to choose their own lawyers and are kept incommunicado. There have even been concerns about forced confessions as no one on the death row has been pardoned. People who commit crimes should have punishment for them. However, this level of punishment seems unreasonable as it is hard to believe so many people have committed crimes worthy of death in the past month or so. I hope the situation changes and each prisoner is given fair trial. Not every person is an enemy and killer, and not every prisoner deserves to be killed. Death is irrevocable; you can't change it.

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