Black Man Executed in US, Despite Lack of Actual Evidence

[Marks]

sapphi_snake said:

Marks said:

sapphi_snake said:

Dr.Grass said:
That really sucks, but I'm with chocoloco on this one.

I wish there was a death penalty in my country. Would make a massive difference.

Crime rates in the US are still very high compared to other countries which don't have the death penalty. 

Well a large amount of US crimes are non-violent (drug possession and shit like that), the death penalty has no effect on crimes like that.

Are US murder rates high compared to no death-penalty countries?

Murder rates in the US are 6 times those of Germany:

http://atlanticreview.org/archives/434-Murder-Rate-in-the-United-States-and-Germany.html

Damn the Clash were right, killers in America do work 7 days a week.