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| Victim's parents hang young Iranian killer |
| 2009-10-12 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] An Iranian man was hanged Sunday reportedly by the parents of his victim whom he murdered in a brawl as a teenager, despite international calls urging the Islamic republic to stop such executions. Behnoud Shojaee had been convicted of stabbing to death 17-year-old Ehsan Nasrollahi during a fight in August 2005 when he himself was aged 17, Iranian news agencies reported. His execution was postponed at least once last year and again in August. "The mother and father of Ehsan Nasrollahi themselves carried out the punishment in the Evin prison," the agency ISNA said in reference the notorious detention facility in Tehran. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 The state's monopoly on violence is supposed to short-cut the vendetta cycle. Letting the parents "execute" the guilty party negates the whole point of the exercise. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2009-10-12 13:52 |
| #2 Vendetta is a basic human behavior. Eye for eye.. What the proto-states promised to end a cycle of violence between clans/tribes/et al was to become the third disinterested party to render 'blind' justice. The fundamental problem today is that the state lacks the will to perform that function. The legal caste is too wrapped up in ritualistic processes, image, and unrealistic expectations/demands. The cycle of gang violence in our own metropolitan areas is a reflection that it is losing that legitimacy to act as a third party. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2009-10-12 08:49 |
| #1 I'm OK with this. The loss of a child is devastating. Perhaps there is closure here - and the deterent effect is clear - at least this one won't kill again. |
| Posted by: Rob06 2009-10-12 03:04 |