Sunday, April 13, 2014

The Death Penalty in Egypt -- A Political Tool even as a Threat

“This is not a matter of personal diplomacy, but one of declaring what is appropriate for a constitutional democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and what is not”

It is harder for the United States to have any moral persuasion when we still have the death penalty. There hasn’t, however, been much attention on this issue by the media or our government even concerning the rule of law. This is not a matter of personal diplomacy, but one of declaring what is appropriate for a constitutional democracy, human rights and the rule of law, and what is not.