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Iran: Another death sentence for Soghra
Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organization ^ | Oct 30 2007 | No Byline

Posted on 10/30/2007 4:40:10 PM PDT by beckett

Soghra, Sentenced to Death at Age of 13, Faces Execution Yet Again

Despite the fact that two weeks ago the general court of Rasht, in northeastern Iran, released Soghra -- a young girl who was sentenced to death at the age of 13 and had spent the past18 years on Iran’s death row -- from prison on bail, the decedent’s parents have filed a legal request to carry out Soghra’s order of execution.

Soghra, who is now 31 years old, has spent the past 18 years of her life in jail. When she was only 9 years old, Soghra was sent to work as a maid in a home in Iran’s affluent sea-side city of Rasht. She has been accused of causing the death of her employers’ 8 year old son when she was only 13 years old herself.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: iran
Some insights into the criminal justice system in Iran.
1 posted on 10/30/2007 4:40:10 PM PDT by beckett
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To: beckett
Yes the religion of peace and compassion.
2 posted on 10/30/2007 4:46:51 PM PDT by MPJackal ("From my cold dead hands.")
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3 posted on 10/30/2007 4:48:21 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
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To: beckett
the decedent’s parents have filed a legal request to carry out Soghra’s order of execution.

What kind of parents would have their own innocent child sentenced to death?! Sick. Another heinous act by the religion of peace.
4 posted on 10/30/2007 7:16:05 PM PDT by G8 Diplomat (Pelosi--pissed off Turkey, supported SCHIP, really jerky, and full of sh|t)
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To: beckett

Islam is as vile as any heathen religion that ever existed!


5 posted on 10/31/2007 2:05:24 PM PDT by TexasRepublic (Afghan protest - "Death to Dog Washers!")
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To: G8 Diplomat
The decedent's parents are those of the little boy who was accidentally killed.
6 posted on 10/31/2007 2:10:24 PM PDT by DCPatriot ("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
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Despite the fact that two weeks ago the general court of Rasht, in northeastern Iran, released Soghra -- a young girl who was sentenced to death at the age of 13 and had spent the past 18 years on Iran’s death row

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7 posted on 10/31/2007 3:08:47 PM PDT by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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