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| Iran spares life of hanging survivor: reports |
| 2013-10-24 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Iran has decided to spare the life of a convicted narco who survived a hanging, media reports on Wednesday quoted Justice Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi as saying. Maybe I'm just superstitious, but I'd have a strong suspicion Allan doesn't want that sucker dead yet. The reports follow calls from within Iran and a appeals from international rights groups against the man found alive in a morgue facing execution for a second time. "The convict who survived (the death penalty) will not be executed again," Pour-Mohammadi said late Tuesday in remarks reported by the official IRNA news agency. "After putting much effort to prevent the second execution of this convict, we have received a positive response," he said without elaborating. All judicial affairs and decisions in the Islamic republic rest with the judiciary, which constitutionally operates independently from the government. The convict, identified only as Alireza M., 37, was pronounced dead earlier this month by the attending doctor after hanging for 12 minutes from a noose suspended from a crane at a jail in northeast Iran. But the next day, staff at the mortuary in the city of Bojnourd where his shrouded body was taken discovered he was still breathing. Media later reported that he had fallen into a coma. Pour-Mohammadi implied that a second execution would be damaging for Iran's image. "If he survives, it is not expedient to hang him again," said the minister. The incident led to a heated debate between jurists, with some arguing against a repeat hanging and others for. According to the media, a petition signed by jurists and attorneys was sent to judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Larijani, appealing for a stay in the exceptional case. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 For some reason I think of this |
| Posted by: James 2013-10-24 10:57 |
| #1 That's why toe court says "Hang by the neck until dead", they want to be sure. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-10-24 01:11 |