Executions Come Swiftly and Often in Iran
Just note to clarify an ambiguity in that article:
"Iran remains one of the only countries in the world to execute juvenile offenders."
"... one of the only..." In point of fact, the other countries are the United States, Somalia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, China, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the USA, much criminal justice is at the state (not federal) level. The states that execute juveniles are southern: Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and Missouri. Texas leads far and away in the execution of juveniles, at 12, while all other nations combined - except Iran - tally only 16.
"Iran remains one of the only countries in the world to execute juvenile offenders."
"... one of the only..." In point of fact, the other countries are the United States, Somalia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, China, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the USA, much criminal justice is at the state (not federal) level. The states that execute juveniles are southern: Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and Missouri. Texas leads far and away in the execution of juveniles, at 12, while all other nations combined - except Iran - tally only 16.
As to Iran and other countries' criminal justice systems, well, that's THEIR business and should not be interfered with by the US or anyone else for that matter. It's up to their citizens to make their acceptance or rejection of these policies known to their leaders.
However, that standard would mean that US states without capital punishment could (should?) "invade" those with it. I find that problematic, to say the least...
That being as it may, I agree with you 100% that the long, sad history of prosecutorial misconduct invalidates capital punishment.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/execu...
This report from Human Rights Watch (2010) accepts the government's claims that they have stopped the execution of juveniles, even though the Reuters blog above says that they should know better.
https://www.hrw.org/news/2010/10/08/i...
"The Texas Constitution forbids the governor from imposing a moratorium on executions."
Christian Science Monitor here: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2011/091...