But Portugal convicts only a third as many rapists per person as Britain; its conviction rate looks good only because it records a sixth as many incidents per person.
Rwanda's application comes with the promise that there will be no death sentence if a conviction is secured, a concession from a government that has already executed 22 convicts and has over 200 on death row.
The irony of an innocent man having to undertake a process of disguise that is generally required only of notorious released convicts is one of many smart moments in the script.
Engineers, executives, employees, investigators, convicts, even burnouts – they all played a role.
The drama about the first fleet of convicts transported to Australia from Britain and Ireland launched with 3.4 million viewers, a 16.2% share of the audience from 9pm on Thursday.
In three short decades successive governors, British soldiers and convicts had done much to tame the inhospitable wilderness immediately around Botany Bay, while pushing pastoral settlement further towards the heart of Captain Cook's great southern land.
Iran is signatory to the international convenant of civil and political rights (ICCPR) which prohibits death penalty for convicts if their act of crime is committed while they were under the age of 18. HRW called on the judiciary, which is independent of the Iranian government, to reverse its decision.
Samereh Alinejad's act of forgiveness, has since inspired dozens of other families across Iran to pardon convicts at last minute.
At the "exit", meanwhile, convicts do not benefit from Brazil's theoretically world-class laws on parole and alternative sentences like community service.A shortage of legal advice for prisoners helps to explain both bottlenecks.
Several states and cities are now investing in classes for convicts.
These convicts, particularly those who have been to prison, contribute little good to the places where they live.
