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| Iranian chocolate thief 'to have hand chopped off' |
| 2010-10-17 |
| An Iranian court has condemned a man convicted of robbing chocolates and cocoa from a Tehran pastry shop to have a hand chopped off, Fars news agency reported on Saturday. Judge Mohammad Reza Giyuki, quoted in the report, also sentenced the 21-year-old man, whose identity was not revealed, to six months in prison for damaging the shop and another six months for "disobeying police." Fars said police arrested him on May 29 and found in his possession 900 dollars worth of cash, three pair of gloves, chocolate and cocoa. The Islamic sharia laws of Iran lay down amputation as punishment for repeated thefts. Cases of amputation have been increasing due to a rise in robberies on the back of growing poverty in Iran. Last week, Tehran amputated a hand of a man found guilty of two robberies in the northeastern holy city of Mashhad |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #1 IIRC YOUTUBE > Video from Indonesia? showed a poor Muslim retarded man having his arm chopped off by machete for bicycle theft - he had in past already lost his other arm for the same reason. His family tried to argue that he didn't know any better as he was born mentally reatrded, but that they were too poor to get him the proper psychological treatment he needed. Unfortunately, IIRC the thief's family were told Muslim Sharia law + local Muslim tradition made no exceptions for habitual offenders just because of birth defect. The Owner of the [cheap]bike refused to forgive him for his theft. Iff he still engages in theft = criminal conduct despite the loss of both arms, the next time he will lose one of his legs. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-10-17 22:22 |