An Iranian man has been hanged for rape despite his alleged victims withdrawing their accusations and a judicial review being ordered into the sentence. "On 11 November the head of the justice administration of Kermanshah received an order from the judiciary head, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, to stop the verdict being carried out," the lawyer, Saeed Eqbali, was quoted as saying.
This story sums up perfectly many of the problems that are faced in the Middle East. Good news and bad news, and they usually contradict and negate each other. Should Iran have executed this man for something he did when he was 13?
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Maybe if we had laws like Iran, the U.S. wouldn't be one of the top countries for the highest incidents of rape and violence against women.
* In the United States, 1.3 women are raped every minute. That results in 78 rapes each hour, 1872 rapes each day, 56160 rapes each month and 683,280 rapes each year.
* 1 out of every 3 American women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime.
* 1 in 12 males students surveyed had committed acts that met the legal definition of rape. Furthermore, 84% of the men who had committed such acts said what they had done was definitely not rape.
* 75% of male students and 55% of female students involved in acquittance rape had been drinking or using drugs.
* Only 16% of rapes are ever reported to the police.
Of course here in America the gay Catholic Navy chaplain who butt raped his subordinate and made him HIV positive GOT ONLY TWO YEARS!!
Iranian style that dude would be hanged. Go Iran!