Uzbek President to Abolish Death Penalty After Building More Prisons

[bemildred]

Sorry, the headline was just too funny to pass up.

President Islam Karimov has ordered the abolition of the death penalty in Uzbekistan, but he delayed introducing the measure for three years, saying country needed to build more prisons first, AP reported Tuesday.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Oh, Jeez! He's going to have to boil them for shorter periods of time!

The excessive boiling, and horrendous blows seems to push some of them over the edge!

He'll probably have to send his torturers to sensitivity sessions.

You're right, it sounds odd. Our right-wing has the best of both worlds: they've got capital punishment, AND they've got a prosperous privatized prison industry growing by leaps and bounds.

[wli]

2. they won't have slave laborers if they execute all the prisoners