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U.S. Woman Sentenced to Firing Squad
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| Aug. 5, 2004
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Posted on 08/09/2004 6:33:48 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick
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Laura Albert, left, with her mother, Rebecca Thompson, who is facing execution for her husband's murder in Oman.
(ABCNEWS.com)
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posted on
08/09/2004 6:34:13 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: CarrotAndStick
The moral of the story: do not move to Oman with your abusive husband and have him whacked.
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posted on
08/09/2004 6:39:43 AM PDT
by
prion
(Yes, as a matter of fact, I AM the spelling police)
To: CarrotAndStick
She has the great misfortune to be a convicted felon in a country with which the US most definitely needs to keep good relations during a time of world shaping US military operations in the region.
I predict the sentence will be carried out.
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posted on
08/09/2004 6:40:45 AM PDT
by
beckett
To: CarrotAndStick
This won't make any more news; it's not Laci-Kobe caliber.
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posted on
08/09/2004 6:41:25 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(JFKerry: It Takes An Idiot To Raze A Village!)
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To: CarrotAndStick
It's interesting to see that some places still actually punish people for committing murder. She's too far away and the talking heads would have to leave their comfortable Santa Monica and Brentwood villas for this to become a big media story. I suspect she would still have been convicted here, the daughter's theory is all supposition and conjecture.
To: Old Sarge
Don't bet ont it. The NOW et al will be on the case. If GMA has it as a top story, this is just the beginning...
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posted on
08/09/2004 6:46:19 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The FOURTH ESTATE is the FIFTH COLUMN!.....)
To: CarrotAndStick
his body battered and badly burnt Somebody needs cooking lessons.
Sorry. This sentence just struck me funny.
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posted on
08/09/2004 6:50:46 AM PDT
by
Siouxz
(Freepers are the best!!)
To: prion
The moral of the story: do not move to Oman with your abusive husband and have him whacked.Sounds good to me.
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posted on
08/09/2004 6:53:51 AM PDT
by
randog
(What the....?!)
To: Siouxz
Its called alliteration.
To: CarrotAndStick
I mean, we live in America and women have rights here. Rebecca, you're not in Kansas anymore.
Good advice to anybody travelling, especially to any of the many Muslim-dominated garden spots on this Earth... Obey The Law.
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posted on
08/09/2004 7:00:30 AM PDT
by
bondjamesbond
(We live in a wonderful country where any child can grow up to be the next Ronald Reagan.)
To: beckett
Lethal injection is pretty tame when compared to a firing squad, though.
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posted on
08/09/2004 7:03:35 AM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: bondjamesbond
Good advice to anybody travelling, especially to any of the many Muslim-dominated garden spots on this Earth... Obey The Law. This looks like a simple murder for hire. Maybe she had good reasons for wanting her husband dead. At the end of the day, though, unless there is some proof that she did not get a fair trial, I have no problem with her punishment.
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posted on
08/09/2004 7:04:26 AM PDT
by
Modernman
(Hippies.They're everywhere. They wanna save the earth, but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad.)
To: CarrotAndStick
Yeah, well, that sucks for her. She probably should have checked into what the consequences were before she moved to Oman in the first place. Their laws are not our laws. Get right with God.
Owl_Eagle
Guns Before Butter.
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posted on
08/09/2004 7:08:39 AM PDT
by
End Times Sentinel
(Winner of the Ron Ridenhour Award for Truth-Telling)
To: CarrotAndStick
OK, let me see if I have this straight-
Woman files domestic abuse charges in US, husband found guilty.
Woman files for divorce, then drops it.
Woman then moves WITH abusive husband to a male-dominated society halfway around the world, and then said abusive husband turns up dead.
Not the brightest crayon in the box, is she?
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posted on
08/09/2004 7:13:57 AM PDT
by
MamaTexan
(Freedom is NEVER negotiable!)
To: biblewonk
Ping.
Gotta admit those whacky Muslims do seem to have a drive for justice.
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posted on
08/09/2004 7:17:38 AM PDT
by
newgeezer
(A conservative who conserves is a TRUE capitalist.)
To: CarrotAndStick
This sounds like a "burning bed" scenario to me. The sentence is probably very severe to dissuade Muslim women from turning on their #1 oppressors, their husbands.
To: CarrotAndStick
Drag the dead guy through the mud to save a murderess. Amnesty International hard at work.
To: bondjamesbond
Good advice to anybody travelling, especially to any of the many Muslim-dominated garden spots on this Earth... Obey The Law. Dingdingdingdingding! We have a winner.
As a 16-year old, and again when I was 17, I travelled to the then-Soviet Union. I had the sense, even as a teenager, to find out what I could get away with and what the big no-nos were at the time.
Putting all of that aside, one should safely assume that murder is a great big fat no-no in any country.
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posted on
08/09/2004 7:28:28 AM PDT
by
grellis
(A! Elbereth Gilthoniel!)
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