Iran has finally reached the decision to stop the execution of minors according to a wikinews article. I remember these pictures when they came out and how gut-wrenching they were. I just hope they stick to this ban and follow up on Amnesty International’s demands. I can’t imagine how the minors relatives felt at the time of the lynching and how this new decision would no benefit them. You can’t go retroactive on murder.
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hmm.. I don’t know… what’s the definition of “child”? The age limit has been forceably increased in the world (as opposed to “puberty” in Islam for being treated as an adult).
Is this really all good or is it not without consequences?
I think calling 13-16/17 year old boys “children” or minors helped in forcing a lot of complacency from parents/the society in the way they view minors and their upbringing… when in fact, such “minors” are more than capable of making a choice, handling a weapon and inflicting bodily harm to you and me given a certain situation or conflict given their possible teenage temperament. Without the loom of facing the death penalty to help them balance their temperament, aren’t we in fact doing them a disservice?
If you argue that such situations shouldn’t happen or at least are rare, then that is more to the point…
Not withstanding the issues that may surround a particular legal system in place in terms of establishing guilt.
Awfull.
But glad this finally changed.
@ n – This is a victory make no doubt of that. Whether it be a young child who’s capable of making a mistake or an adult either. Execution is a truly barbaric means of implementing law whether guilty or not.