Yesterday, Delara Darabi, a young Iranian woman, was stoned to death for the murder of her cousin, a crime most likely committed by her boyfriend, who persuaded her to confess in his stead. Her stoning was a vile state-sanctioned murder, but before we all congratulate ourselves because we don't live in a violent backwater that would execute a young woman for a crime allegedly committed when she was a teenager, let's not forget that Roper v. Simmons, the Supreme Court case that made it unconstitutional to execute a person for a crime committed before the age of 18, was decided in 2005. Yes, 2005. Welcome to America.
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