Indeed!

[chickenfeet]

From the BBC of all people:

Many of the countries in the Caribbean retain the death penalty as a means of execution.

Comments

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

As opposed to retaining it as a warning to buck up your ideas?

[sollersuk.livejournal.com]

*tries to get head round it* You mean the judge sais "I sentence you to death" and they immediately keel over?

[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Well, that sounds very efficient. A bit awkward if there's an appeal, perhaps.

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Maybe they mean that there has to be a court involved rather than just letting the police decide like in London.

[tamnonlinear.livejournal.com]

That's what I was picturing.

Maybe their point their finger at them and say "bang!".

[dyddgu.livejournal.com]

*blinks*
My brane hurts.

[nikkyb.livejournal.com]

And the link to that? I need to see it to believe it.

O ye of little faith

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5098028.stm

Re: O ye of little faith

[nikkyb.livejournal.com]

They must have corrected the typo. It now reads:

Many of the countries in the Caribbean retain hanging as a means of execution.

Re: O ye of little faith

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

Yes. They took their time.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Stringer paid by the word?

[chickenfeet2003.livejournal.com]

plus editor who had a rather good lunch?

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

OLO! or even, LOL!

(if OLO is rude - sorry...)

[gillo]

Well, it has to be said that life imprisonment is a pretty incompetent means of exacution, so it's probably as well, if they insist on killing people at all.