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3DHS / From Forkem About Iranian Jurisprudence
« on: September 21, 2006, 12:49:22 AM »
August 23, 2004
Mullah Justice


From Iran Focus: Girl, 16, hanged in public in Iran. (Via Little Green Footballs)

On Sunday, August 15, a 16-year-old girl in the town of Neka, northern Iran, was executed. Ateqeh Sahaleh was hanged in public on Simetry Street off Rah Ahan Street at the city center. The sentence was issued by the head of Neka’s Justice Department and subsequently upheld by the mullahs’ Supreme Court and carried out with the approval of Judiciary Chief Mahmoud Shahroudi.
In her summary trial, the teenage victim did not have any lawyer and efforts by her family to recruit a lawyer was to no avail. Ateqeh personally defended herself. She told the religious judge, Haji Rezaii, that he should punish the main perpetrators of moral corruption not the victims.

The judge personally pursued Ateqeh’s death sentence, beyond all normal procedures and finally gained the approval of the Supreme Court. After her execution Rezai said her punishment was not execution but he had her executed for her "sharp tongue". [Emphasis added]


'Free Iran' News has translated from Farsi another article:

The animosity and anger of [local judge] Haji Reza was so strong that he personally put the rope around the girl's delicate neck and personally gave the signal to the crane operator, by raising his hand, to begin pulling the rope.
And Iran-Va-Jahan reports that Amnesty International has issued a statement on the execution of Ateqeh Sahaleh.

UPDATE August 30: This cartoon appeared in the Sunday, August 29th edition of The Washington Times.


Posted by Forkum at 11:24 PM






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I guess that there are miscarrages of Justice everywhere , but would this be caricterised as a" Misscarrage " or " Justice"  by the government of Iran?



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3DHS / Mallard and School
« on: September 19, 2006, 12:52:06 AM »

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3DHS / I just Read the Popes Speech, Oh the shame
« on: September 19, 2006, 12:36:34 AM »
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=46474



I have been talking about it for two days , and only now I read it?

I hang my head .


Now that I have read it I understand that it is not a criticism of Islam  , it is an examination of Rationality , Religion , revilation and Logos. The Pope Quotes a Bysintene Emporer who was being questioned by a Muslim , but he also quotes Socraties .


There is no political use in actually understanding what te Pope was saying so I expect the debates and the riots will continue to be about selected quotes in isolation from the theme of the speech.

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3DHS / Non leathal but deadly expensive
« on: September 18, 2006, 07:13:13 PM »
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=56742886



      At auction you can get this gun that shoots plastic pellets in a stream that will discourage an attacker , or annoy him a lot.

      If someone is breaking into your home does he deserve the benefit of the doubt about whether he means harm or is harmless?

        Would you really want a wepon that causes pain but not more harm than small bruses?

       A much cheaper pistol can much more certainly halt an attack with wounds of much greater consequence.


Besides ,this pellet gun might put your eye out.

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3DHS / Michievious Professor kicks Diebold
« on: September 18, 2006, 06:43:00 PM »
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14825465/wid/11915829?GT1=8506


Diebold voteing systems can be hacked , safeguards can be defeated .
Ok, I am not surprised every system I can imagine has some possibility of being cheated.

This deserves real study , is the Diebold system more apt to fail or be cheated than other systems?
If it is no worse than the alternative or if it is better then there is no real complaint , where is the demonstration that it is worse than punchcards or paper ballots ? Where is the demonstration that it is better?

I would think that a real fact or two could be found .

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