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Originally Posted by Escapee
Some will probably be suprised that I disagree with the stabbing, but the lashing and hanging is fair punishment for the crime.
I guess Iran just has a policy to the other extreme, compared to the way we have gone in this country!
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NB - The stabbing was
not part of the punishment.
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A relative of one of the victims broke police security and attacked Bijeh with a knife, wounding his back before police dragged him away.
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They're obviously not unanimous on the subject either:
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"Many criminals have been hanged, but offenses have never reduced. It's an ugly scene that a human being is hanged even if he has committed many crimes. Revenge is not the solution," said Merhraban, who watched the hanging.
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Both quotes from
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...p/iran_hanging