Happy Anniversary America!

You did it, 1000 people executed by the judicial system since capital punishment was reinstated in 1977 . . .and the honor goes to North Carolina. Way to go, N.C.! I feel safer already.

Smith's wife witnessed the execution, along with Thomas Curry's niece and
her husband. Maher, a small group of law enforcement officials and journalists
also watched through the thick, twin glass panes between the viewing room and
the stark death chamber.

I wonder if this will piss off the Australians . . .they seem to be just a tad upset about one of their citizens being executed in Singapore. Take the Australians views with a grain of salt . . .after all, they are the descendents of boatloads of criminals . . .

Media commentators said Australia's biggest trade and investment partner in
Southeast Asia had seriously misjudged the harm the hanging would do to its
image here, where capital punishment has been abolished.

The top law official from Nguyen's home state of Victoria, Attorney-General Rob Hulls, was flying to Singapore Wednesday to make a last-ditch plea for his life, saying the execution
would be "barbaric".