rumbleph1$h Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Iran: Man sentenced to have eyes gouged out for teenage crime Iran Focus Tehran, Jun. 10 ? Iran?s State Supreme Court has upheld a sentence for a young man?s eyes to be gouged out and sprayed with acid, for blinding another man at the age of 16 some 12 years ago. The defendant, only identified by his first name Vahid, was convicted of deliberately pouring acid on the face of another individual by the name of Gholam-Hossein while he worked as a labourer in Tehran when he was 16 years old, though he maintained throughout the trial that the attack was not intentional and that he had only meant to threaten the man because of an earlier scuffle. He said that the lid of the battery which the acid was in accidentally opened. The phrase ?An eye for an eye? is very stringently adhered to in Iran?s Islamic law. The original court ordered for acid to be sprayed on Vahid?s face as retribution for his actions, though his lawyer appealed the decision on the grounds that the rest of his face would also be damaged from the acid. A second court rejected the appeal and instead ordered for Vahid?s eyes to be first gouged out by a ?qualified surgeon? and then sprayed with acid ?so as not to damage the face itself?. The State Supreme Court has ruled for authorities to go ahead with carrying out the punishment, though Vahid?s lawyer is presently negotiating with Gholam-Hossein?s family to give clemency to his defendant. Vahid has been requested to pay 3 billion Rials ($300,000) as blood-money to forego the punishment however he has stated that he does not have such an amount of money. Under Iranian law, boys above the age of fifteen are considered as adults and could be convicted of capital offences. Under increasing international pressure for violations of the rights of the child, the Iranian regime keeps convicted children in juvenile prisons and issues court verdicts only after they turn 18 so as to carry out sentences that would have be handed out if tGraphic photo link removed... Armecko link removed... Armeck http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/arti...hp?storyid=2345Seriously, WTF? :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pina_colada Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 ouch, whenever we see some serial killer who raped kids or something, we always think we shouldnt put him in prison, we should do to him what he did to his victims, thing is when you actually see it done in practice like here, makes you think twice about the eye for an eye theory... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaLiVa Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Ohhh... How graphic... Spare the details! :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY1 Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 hmm gives new meaning to "An Eye for an Eye Leaves the whole world blind"..... BTW you might want to remove the pictures.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zh3n Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 :o :x So so sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devyant Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 What a perculiar, or rather, dumb punishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boffa Jones Veteran Posted June 14, 2005 Veteran Share Posted June 14, 2005 This kind of punishment and capital punishment is terrible. No one benefits from someone else dying and it doesn't change the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axon Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 (edited) That is barbaric. :x Inhumane. It makes me glad we have the phrase: [no law of Canada shall be construed or applied so as to ...] impose or authorize the imposition of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment; link-Ax Edited June 14, 2005 by Axon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ph3412t3h13 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 oh...my...god... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~WinGz~ Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 wow crazy stuff goin on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Dura Lex, Sed Lex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnerhkjp Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Damn, the photos in the link are PRETTY sick. I am all for tough punishments, but this is ridiculous. I guess it cuts crime though. And in the view of the victim, it is more FAIRER than throwing the criminal in jail for a couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Veteran Posted June 14, 2005 Veteran Share Posted June 14, 2005 Damn! I think I'd give up everything and leave the country by any means possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koding Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 :omg: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 Oh well.. So much for doctors being sworn to "do no harm".. That's one hippocratic oath down the toilet then... (Assuming their doctors actually take it, or an equivalent). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamz Veteran Posted June 14, 2005 Veteran Share Posted June 14, 2005 this is inhumane and unjust. this punishment solves nothing and serves no one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syanide Posted June 14, 2005 Share Posted June 14, 2005 sicksicksicks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunnerhkjp Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 Oh well.. So much for doctors being sworn to "do no harm"..That's one hippocratic oath down the toilet then... (Assuming their doctors actually take it, or an equivalent). 586063540[/snapback] I'm sure death penalty by injection in America is handled by a doctor. And I'm sure many doctors pull the plug on purpose to end a suffering patient's life. And abortion... Heh. I guess its not the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FloatingFatMan Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 I'm sure death penalty by injection in America is handled by a doctor.And I'm sure many doctors pull the plug on purpose to end a suffering patient's life. And abortion... Heh. I guess its not the same. 586067359[/snapback] The death penalty is usually administered by some worker at the prison, and not often by a doctor. You should read US news a bit more often as this has been raised as an important issue recently... When a Dr euthanises a patient, they only do it to end suffering where there is no chance of recovery... Abortion is a completely different subject. This is DELIBERATELY causing harm where there was no health problem before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamz Veteran Posted June 15, 2005 Veteran Share Posted June 15, 2005 I'm sure death penalty by injection in America is handled by a doctor.And I'm sure many doctors pull the plug on purpose to end a suffering patient's life. And abortion... Heh. I guess its not the same. 586067359[/snapback] doctors do NOT administer the lethal injection. it is done by one of the officials who may or may not have the necessary medical background (i.e. proper way to inject, etc.). this is one of the reasons why the death penalty can be inhumane (notwithstanding the fact that it is already inhumane): the officials sometimes fail to do their job properly and the sentenced man will need multiple injections or die an otherwise painful death. one of the problems with lethal injection is that there are no external signs (and officials may not be trained to recognize them, unlike vets), so a man may not actually be dying, but suffering for an indefinite amount of time. there have been documented instances of men receiving the injection, fully conscious of their own dying body (which isn't supposed to happen). abortion is still open-ended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tagerd0g Posted June 15, 2005 Share Posted June 15, 2005 hm.. guess I shouldn't have been eating cherry tomatos while glancing at the pics in the link. :laugh: :x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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