03-11-2008, 04:47 PM
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oh yes, how backward .... have a look
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Originally Posted by i.beletesri
'Adultery' sisters to be Stoned to Death in Iran
Feb 5, 2008
Two Iranian sisters convicted of adultery face being stoned to death after the supreme court upheld death sentences against them, Iranian media have reported.
The two sisters were found guilty of adultery - a capital crime in Iran - after the husband of one of the pair presented a video showing them in the company of other men while he was away.
The penal court of Teheran province had already sentenced the sisters, identified only as Zohreh, 27, and Azar, to stoning, the newspaper said.
The Etemad newspaper quoted Jabbar Solati, their lawyer, as saying that the sisters had initially been tried for "illegal relations" and had received 99 lashes. However, they were convicted of "adultery" in a Second trial for the Same incident.
The pair admitted they were in the video but argued there was no adultery as no scene on the video showed them engaged in a sexual act.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...5/wiran205.xml
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this is from the USA:
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The 100 exonerated
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100 innocent people from 24 states have been exonerated from death row since
1972. Together they have spent 800 years combined on death row.
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The average number of years that these 100 spent on death row was 8 years.
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Many of them were exonerated through channels outside the court system. Their
release does not prove that the system is working. Meanwhile, victims family
members suffer while the real killers remain at large and tax dollars are wasted,
failing citizens, the courts, and the justice system.
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The 100th exoneration represents only the cases that we know about. We don’t
know how many other innocent people are on death row or have already been
executed.
How Do Innocent People Get Sentenced to Death?
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Inadequate Legal Representation
More than 90% of prisoners now on death row were too poor to hire their own
attorneys. Poor defendants have been represented by attorneys who had been
suspended or disbarred, who were just out of law school, or even those who were
drunk or asleep during court proceedings.
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Misconduct by Police and Prosecutors
In many cases that have resulted in exonerations or reversals, the state
withheld
evidence that would have ruled out their primary suspect.
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Eyewitness Testimony
People’s ability to remember what they saw is far shakier than commonly believed.
Many experts argue that eyewitness misidentification plays a part in as many
wrongful convictions as all other errors combined.
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Shoddy or Fraudulent Science
Police scientists have misidentified evidence, testified to evidence that doesn’t
exist, or made other gross errors that sent innocent people to prison. Prosecutors
continue to use discredited scientific techniques like hair analysis to sway jurors.
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Jailhouse Snitch Testimony
Jailhouse informants are offered reduced sentences or special favors in exchange
for a statement that the defendant “confessed” to them while in jail. Often the jury
never learns that the snitch received a deal in exchange for the testimony.
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Racial bias
Eyewitnesses are more likely to misidentify a suspect of a different race. Racial
prejudice may also predispose a jury to convict a minority defendant, even without
solid evidence. For more information on how race affects the death penalty, see
Equal Justice USA’s pamphlet, How Racism Riddles the U.S. Death Penalty.
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Limitations on the Courts
Most states have time limits as short as 21 or 30 days on presenting
new evidence
in court even if it could prove a prisoner’s innocence.
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Originally Posted by Spare
Well, that settles it ... who cares about facts?
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