re: #141 Sir John Barron

Hmmm, link for this?

I don’t doubt our current leadership would do this, all the while criticizing Cuba, China and other countries on human rights. The U.S. has also staunchly defended its use of the death penalty and resisted measures seen as infringing on its sovereignty.

Did a few days search at NYT and didn’t see anything for this, though.

This appears to be the item in question from the UN HRC website.

36/17

The question of the death penalty

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A/HRC/36/L.6

Adopted as orally revised by a recorded vote (27 to 13, with 7 abstentions), 40th meeting, 29 September 2017

From the resolution:

Condemning the imposition of the death penalty as a sanction for specific forms of conduct,such as apostasy, blasphemy, adultery and consensual same-sex relations, and expressing serious concern that the application of the death penalty for adultery is disproportionately imposed on women,