Executions

• Deadly Judicial Math on Executions

  2007-10-09 00:55:46

  As we view the proceedings of various courts, we have to wonder how fallible they are. First, there’s the Jena, Louisiana court where a black teen can be charged with attempted murder for a brawl with a schoolmate. Then there’s...
• France condemns series of executions in Iran

  2007-07-26 18:04:52

  Strangely enough, I found this headline on a Kuwaiti news site...At least they're 'saying' better things now. I would never expect France to 'act' on it, but their propaganda is nicer now.Saying it was strongly opposed to capital punishment in agreement with its European Union partners, France on Thursday condemned the execution of 12 Iranians on July 22 and expressed "particular concern" over the motivation behind them.Upon a request by the French State Secretary for Human Rights at the Foreign Ministry Rama Yade, the French government summoned Irans Charge dAffaires here in Paris to express its strong position to the Iranian executions and to capital punishment "in all circumstances." France also expressed its support for a global abolition of the death penalty and urged Iran to respect a moratorium it declared on stoning in 2002.
• Executions continue in Iran...

  2007-07-16 12:20:00

  More executions...no reports in the MSM.Others in the past few days include:Man hanged in public in southern Iran cityIran hangs three men in public
• Iran: End child executions

  2007-06-27 17:46:00

  From Amnesty Int'l. The full report can be downloaded here.Amnesty International is calling on Iran's judicial and political authorities to order an immediate moratorium to prevent further executions of child offenders and to amend the laws so no children who commit crimes can be sentenced to death. In a new report, the organization said at least 71 child offenders were awaiting execution in Iran, where more child offenders have been executed than in any other country since 1990."Iran stands virtually alone as a country in which child offenders - persons under 18 at the time of the crime of which they were convicted - are put to death," said Malcolm Smart, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme. "It is high time that the Iranian authorities put an end to this shameful practice - for once and for all - and bring themselves in line with the rest of the international community, which has long recognized the obscenity of executing those who commit crimes while children."
• Iran: Amnesty International appeals against planned executions by stoning

  2007-06-20 14:51:00

  Two more to get stoned in Iran - hopefully people will be able to stop it. The question is, how many stonings are there that go unreported and un-protested by the likes of Amnesty...According to activists involved in the ‘Stop Stoning Forever’ campaign in Iran, (which can be viewed in Persian at http://www.meydaan.com/news.aspx?nid=391) Mokarrameh Ebrahimi and the unnamed man were sentenced to death after conviction of adultery. Under article 83 of Iran’s Penal Code, execution by stoning is prescribed for adultery committed by a married man or a married woman. Under Iranian law, adultery can only be proved by the testimony of eyewitnesses (the number required varying for different types of adultery), a confession by the defendant (repeated four times), or the judge's "knowledge" that the adultery has taken place. In this case, the basis for the conviction of adultery was the judge’s “knowledge”, apparently on the basis that they had a child together.Mokarrameh Ebrahimi and