Posted on 01/03/2018 8:05:35 PM PST by Olog-hai
The European Union slammed Israel Wednesday, hours after a bill aimed at encouraging prosecutors to seek the death penalty for terrorist murderers passed its first hurdle in the Knesset.
The Knesset voted 52 to 49 Wednesday in favor of a bill pushed by Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman’s Yisrael Beytenu party which would ease the conditions under which terrorists convicted of murder could be sentenced to death. […]
Hours later, however, the European Union criticized the move and reiterated its opposition to the death penalty.
“The death penalty is incompatible with human dignity,” a statement released by the EU read. “It constitutes inhuman and degrading treatment, does not have any proven deterrent effect and allows judicial errors to become irreversible and fatal.” …
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
Strapping bombs to children for the purpose of blowing up other children is also incompatible with human dignity.
First things first.
“The death penalty is incompatible with human dignity,”
Tell that to the women and children on the quay at Nice.
I do not consider a society without the death penalty civilized.
“does not have any proven deterrent effect”
Yes it does. It deters the terrorist put to death from further acts of terrorism.
When did the EU blast death penalty under Habbas or Hamas for mere words? The EU hates justice and loves pogroms
Absolutely. It is a disgusting shame how rarely the death penalty is applied in the US.
Terrorist murders of innocent civilians are also incompatible with human dignity.
The EU is irrelevant and needs to clean up their own mess.
Same penalty for euronazis too Would Help a lot
The EU wants no one to have balls, if you do, you’re a problem for the EU!
If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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We been blasted so much lately, I keep worrying I won’t notice one blast, and then I might mistakenly think that we’re not being an obstacle to piece for half an hour, and then I might become an extremist...oh, wait.
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