IRAN. 15-YEAR-OLD SCHOOLBOY SENTENCED TO DEATH

16 February 2006 :

a 15-year-old schoolboy has been sentenced to death accused of murder, government-run websites announced.
The teenage boy, only identified by his first name Mohammad, was originally sentenced by the Supreme Court to serve five years behind bars and pay blood-money for allegedly stabbing to death a friend after a scuffle.
An appellate court, however, raised his sentence to death by hanging.
 

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