WOMAN EXECUTED IN IRAN
July 14, 2009: a woman in Iran who unintentionally killed her father-in-law in the course of a family dispute in 2005 was executed in Qazvin prisonâs facilities for women. The woman had no money and was unable to hire a lawyer, and was sentenced to death on the law of âequal punishmentâ. The deceasedâs family refused to forgive her and the court order was carried out. (Sources: Iran Press Watch, 19/07/2009)
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