A recent sentence handed down by Iranian authorities will likely result in the stoning death of an Iranian mother very shortly. Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani, a mother of two, will be stoned to death for committing adultery unless an international campaign can intervene right away and pressure Tehran to stop the barbaric stoning.
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road, public movement has been started by Mina Ahadi, head of the International Committee Against Stoning and the Death Penalty. On Wednesday, Amnesty International made a call to the Iranian government to immediately" halt all executions and commute all death sentences." The group has recorded 126 executions in Iran from the start of this year to June 6, however. The fear remains that Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani will be stoned any minute now.
Ashtiani, 42, will be buried up to her chest, according to an Amnesty International report citing the Iranian penal code. The stones that will be hurled at her will be "large enough to cause pain but not so large as to kill her immediately." It is a slow and torturous way to die.
"We have grave concerns that the punishment does not fit the alleged crime, " Assistant Secretary of State P.J. Crowley said Thursday from Washington, D.C. "For a modern society such as Iran, we think this raises significant human rights concerns."
This certainly should raise concerns about human rights! Can you imagine living in a society that first of all mandates the death penalty for adultery; but even worse allows for a method of being put to death like stoning? The entire philosophy is barbaric and should be illegal.
What do you think? Should stoning be allowed? Should the death penalty be allowed for having committed adultery?
Watch the CNN video report of the impending stoning in Iran.
Source: CNN
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In America, divorce is way too rampant and our laws concerning alimony and child support are completely unfair (especially if one of those involved cheated). Most states don't even consider the act of infidelity when determining a divorce settlement - only as a cause. Even then, it is usually assumed to be the male who cheated...a completely incorrect and biased assumption. As for a settlement...You want money, work. That's equal rights, baby. Your earnings not the same as your ex's? Go get educated. The only reason to be a stay-at-home-mom should be an ill child. Otherwise, a second income is always helpful and can even pay the cost of childcare. If you stay home...what, you don't think you're going to spend money? You decide to have an affair, in effect leaving the marriage, then you should get nothing.
I agree with Nunya Business, in that our country should adopt capital punishment for sex offenders and murderers, however the big problem in our country inspite all the funding that is poured into our justice system, they are still locking up innocent people. As a result, we will end up stoning many innocent people due to incompetence and loop holes in our sophisticated / complicated "justice system".
Modern?
And it raises concerns... that's all? How about outrage?
So, back to the matter at hand. This woman does not deserve this, I believe everyone in this world is born of free will. With that said, yes a person does need to follow the law of the land, however I also believe every nation has the responsibility to it's people and the world to be humane.