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Iran Justice Minister Calls for Fewer Executions, Revision of Death Penalty Laws
Arab News ^ | Monday 31 October 2016

Posted on 10/30/2016 3:58:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Iran’s justice minister has said the country should execute fewer people and revise its death penalty laws, local media reported Sunday. “These last years, the quantity of executions has not been effective. As a result, there must be a revision of the death penalty law,” said Mostafa Pourmohammadi, according to the Tasnim news agency.

“The judiciary as a whole shares this opinion,” he said.

Pourmohammadi called for “alternative penalties,” but said it was not possible to abolish capital punishment entirely because “there are corrupt people in the country for whom there is no alternative but execution.”


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty; execution; iran

1 posted on 10/30/2016 3:58:37 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Those mullas have sh*t for brains.


2 posted on 10/30/2016 4:00:45 PM PDT by healy61
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To: nickcarraway

Pourmohammadi. ...... Calls for less executions

Sounds like a Monty Python movie.


3 posted on 10/30/2016 4:07:16 PM PDT by jcon40
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To: nickcarraway
“there are corrupt people in the country for whom there is no alternative but execution.”
4 posted on 10/30/2016 4:08:48 PM PDT by granite (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left - Ecc 10:2)
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To: nickcarraway
the quantity of executions has not been effective

100% effective against recidivism though.

5 posted on 10/30/2016 4:12:28 PM PDT by MUDDOG
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To: nickcarraway

Obama will site this as moderation because of the nuke deal.


6 posted on 10/30/2016 4:22:04 PM PDT by AU72
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