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Jordan Hangs 15 Death Row Prisoners, Mostly Terror Convicts
Al Arabiya ^ | Saturday, 4 March 2017

Posted on 03/04/2017 7:43:31 PM PST by nickcarraway

Jordan hanged 15 death row prisoners at dawn on Saturday, Information Minister Mahmud al-Momani said.

The executions were a further break with the moratorium on executions the country had observed between 2006 and 2014.

Momani told the official Petra news agency that 10 of those put to death had been convicted of terrorism offenses, while five were convicted of crimes including rape and sexual assault.

(Excerpt) Read more at english.alarabiya.net ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: deathpenalty; jordan; terrorism

1 posted on 03/04/2017 7:43:31 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Good riddance.


2 posted on 03/04/2017 7:44:14 PM PST by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: nickcarraway

Allah ack


3 posted on 03/04/2017 7:45:37 PM PST by W. (Deny the infiltrating lazy scum who only want a free ride admission to the USA!)
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To: W.

You just made my weekend.

And...

You owe me a keyboard.


4 posted on 03/04/2017 7:47:40 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!)
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To: nickcarraway

Uh oh! Now you’ve done it. You’ve made Chuck Schumer cry.


5 posted on 03/04/2017 8:01:08 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Ha, thanks! I have two junk keyboards here, myself. They don’t make things like they used to...


6 posted on 03/04/2017 8:02:14 PM PST by W. (Deny the infiltrating lazy scum who only want a free ride admission to the USA!)
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To: nickcarraway

No difficulty obtaining execution drugs there


7 posted on 03/04/2017 8:15:06 PM PST by bigbob (We have better coverage than Verizon - Can You Hear Us Now?)
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To: nickcarraway

so, I wonder if they’d be willing to take our Gitmo terrorists ?


8 posted on 03/04/2017 8:52:28 PM PST by stylin19a (Terrorists - "just because you don't see them doesn't mean they aren't there")
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

What happened to your keyboard?


9 posted on 03/04/2017 8:55:43 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

See...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3531594/posts?page=3#3


10 posted on 03/04/2017 9:49:04 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!)
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