#1 Last year, Iran carried out at least 297 executions, according to an AFP count compiled from press reports.
The total was a sharp increase on 2006, when 177 executions were carried out, according to Amnesty International.
Iran currently makes more use of the death penalty than any other country apart from China. Capital offences in Iran include murder, rape, armed robbery, serious drug trafficking and adultery.
Human rights groups have accused Iran of excessive resort to the death penalty, but the authorities say capital punishment is an effective deterrent that is only used after an exhaustive judicial process.
Also a nice little story about a woman who hit her cheating husband on the head with an iron bar then chopped his body into little tupperware sized pieces. Seeing how adultery is a capital offense, wouldn't this be a citizens arrest or does that only count against females? |