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Arabia
Saudi Arabia ends death penalty for minors
2020-04-27
[IsraelTimes] Royal decree comes a day after order to end flogging; at least 6 people are on death row for crimes allegedly committed before they turned 18.
Posted by:trailing wife

#6   Minimum age for death penalty, but not for marriage.
Which some have learned just might be the same.

Remember we're all equal before the law, until convicted

Nope.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-04-27 16:46  

#5  Kind of like a bar mitzvah thing?
Posted by: Clem   2020-04-27 08:45  

#4  biggest surprise here is that minor is defined as 18. from the culture, I would've guessed something around 12 or 13
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136   2020-04-27 08:43  

#3  Minimum age for death penalty, but not for marriage.
Posted by: ruprecht   2020-04-27 08:25  

#2  Roger Stone could attest to that.
Posted by: Clem   2020-04-27 08:04  

#1  Remember we're all equal before the law, until convicted, then every adjectival descriptive is used to justify not applying the same punishment for the same crime.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-04-27 07:56  

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