This is horrifying and I don't even know where to start examining the problem. Firstly, how do we trust any news source on a case like this when the press is c

This is horrifying and I don't even know where to start examining the problem. Firstly, how do we trust any news source on a case like this when the press is controlled by the accuser? Second, even if the sentence is 'legally correct,' when does the threat of a human rights violation become too important to ignore - should countries be pressured to abolish death sentences (at least) for non-violent crimes? Even if the death penalty is the 'official' punishment to fit the crime, certainly it's a big problem if the actual delivery of that sentence is relegated to a minority of cases in which the government is motivated to prosecute. Of course selective prosecution is a problem with any legal system, but when the sentence is death it is all the more important to monitor cases through a transparent system. It doesn't seem that this kind of transparency is in place. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/23/business/main6798205.shtml http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/08/23/business/main67982... see: "...the judicial system is overly secretive in deciding on death penalty cases." http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2014070,00.html http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2014070,00.htm... see: "...opaqueness of its legal system."