Thou Shalt Not Kill - Except By State Executions

Last week, the state of Missouri executed Cecil Clayton, a 74-year old man who suffered from dementia, had an IQ of 71, and was missing a significant part of his brain.  He was the tenth person to be executed in the USA in 2015 (4 in Texas, 2 in Missouri, 2 in Georgia and 1 in Oklahoma). 

Verifiable executions have taken place in these countries during 2015:

United States of America	Afghanistan
	China
	Iran
	Indonesia
	Jordan
	Pakistan
	Saudi Arabia
	Somalia

Utah’s firing squad execution chamber

There are still 32 states in the US with the death penalty on the books. Utah's Republican Governor, Gary Herbert, just signed a bill to bring back the firing squad. I wonder if this complies with "the evolving standards of decency that mark the progress of a maturing society,"  For my part, I would not want Canada to be in the same company of blood-lust as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and those other countries who perform state executions. Others, I know, disagree.

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