Re: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?!
"b) remember the European Convention on Human Rights"
This is the U.S. They don't subscribe to the ECHR, and capital punishment is still allowed in some parts of the country. You could argue against it on American law, moral grounds or by referring to U.N. human rights statements that the U.S. has signed, but not the ECHR. Of course, the U.S. hasn't tried at all to enact that punishment in this case anyway.