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August 7, 2008       Share:    

Source: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iZ7aTbPW-vzYtgdxmx1O5Iok-CMQ

Iran to Scrap Death by Stoning

[AFP] Aresu Eqbali - Iran's judiciary has decided to scrap the punishment of stoning convicts to death in draft legislation submitted to parliament for approval, it was reported Wednesday. Judiciary spokesman Ali Reza Jamshidi said that stoning sentences against several convicts had been suspended, with four commuted to either lashes of the whip or jail terms. Iran has so far hanged 160 people this year.

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