TWO PRISONERS SENTENCED TO BE THROWN OFF A CLIFF

09 December 2008 :

the Mullahs' judiciary in Iran sentenced two young men to death by being thrown off of a cliff in the holy city of Qom. The prisoners will be enclosed in a bag before being thrown into the ravine at the top of a cliff. According to mullahs' penal laws if the victims survive this fall, they will be hanged.
 
(Sources: NCR-Iran.org, 08/12/2008)

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