The problem with this comment is that it fails to account for the fact that US and other democratic countries have a reasonable judicial system that while flawe

The problem with this comment is that it fails to account for the fact that US and other democratic countries have a reasonable judicial system that while flawed is not totally under the thumb of the government. One can be sure that a death sentence in western courts is atleast well debated and pondered over, the same unfortunately can't be said of middle East, where just writing bad about a ruler can get u chopped to pieces.