Thursday, March 19, 2015

Don't Execute Shafqat Hussain

I had a discussion with a few students earlier this week about the 21st Amendment, military courts, and the cost of freedom in our society. As a telling case in point, Shafqat Hussain, who has been on death row for 11-years for a crime that many believe he was coerced into confessing, may be executed in the coming days or weeks. What does this say about justice in our society? What price are we, as a society, willing to pay for freedom?

Fatima Bhutto, Don't Execute Shafqat Hussain, NY Times, 3-18-15
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/18/opinion/fatima-bhutto-pakistan-dont-execute-shafqat-hussain.html

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