Baby given reprieve --- oh, and the Mom too!!

In Laos, a young British gal, 20, has been given a reprieve from the firing squad .... because she is pregnant. She was arrested and convicted of having almost a kilo of heroin in her possession with intent to distribute ---

The normal sentence for such behavior in Laos is death before a Firing Squad, but this gal is getting a reprieve 'cause she got pregnant while in prison.

Bless her heart, good thing she wasn't convicted in the USA, we have no problem with executing a couple of million babies every year!!! Of course, we call it elective abortion.

BTW. doesn't that 'Firing Squad' means of execution sound much more satisfactory than 'Death by Injection' or 'putting the dude to sleep'!!! I wonder if they swab the heart area with alcohol before pulling the trigger like they do here before they insert the needle?

For the whole story, if you give a rat's patoot.... go here:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/05/laos.british.woman.death.penalty/index.html