Iran's 'desert vampire' executed

BBC News ^ | 3-16-2005 | BBC News

[Old_Mil]

Now, THAT'S the way to handle felons.

[speed_addiction]

For later.

[Lijahsbubbe]

Now that's what you'd call punishment.

Baghi has been given a 15 year prison term.

Why the huge discrepancy in sentences?

[Old Grumpy]

"Damn... There's something to say for Iranian justice."
Considering the nature of his crimes, this was indeed JUSTICE.

[Who dat?]

July 1971: Entered the Army.

April 21, 1973: Arrested in Redwood City for being a minor in possession of liquor,..

So if he enters the Army (presumably with parental approval), what is he, 17?

And by 4-73, he’d be just shy of 19?

WTF was the legal drinking age in CA in 1973? I ask because in TX it was 18. In Louisiana it was 17. In Florida I recall that it was 18. I think 18 was pretty common at one time.

Maybe he went in the Army at 16? My uncle dropped out of HS and went into the Army, but I recall he had to be 17 even with parental permission. Maybe he had been emancipated or something?

[rdcorso]

This is one custom of Islamic culture that I agree with.The punishment for those who hurt children should be swift and brutal.In America our prisons are loaded with these child rapists who are let out after serving only five to ten years for the crime of destroying a young life.

[scory]

I have often thought that the relative rarity of child murder or sexual abuse in earlier days was because either the family or local community inflicted swift and lasting justice on any individual caught in the act or convicted at trial. Now that western society is more "enligtened" we allow these criminals to roam and hunt with only occasional lapses behind bars to interfere in their favorite activity.

[pgyanke]

Dec. 16, 1976: Escaped from Napa State Hospital to went on a four-day crime spree in Napa. He broke into the home of Marjorie Mitchell, a nurse at the state hospital, and beat her on the head with a fire poker while she slept. He broke into the Napa County animal shelter and stole a shotgun. He used the shotgun to try to kidnap Hazel Frost, a bartender, as she climbed into her Cadillac outside a bar. When she saw he had bindings, she rolled out of the car, grabbed a gun from beneath the seat and fired six shots at the fleeing Davis.

I liked this one... too bad she missed.

[JFK_Lib]

An Iranian serial killer who murdered at least 20 children has been executed in front a large crowd of spectators.

Well, the Ayahtolahs got at least this part right.

If this evil vermin were caught in America, he would outlive many of the survivors of his crimes.

[Mike Darancette]

NYT Headline: "Muslim Man Tortured and Lynched"