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Three men were executed in Iran on Sunday for "acts against the Sharia law and bad deeds" — specifically, for having sex with other men. The men were also charged with robbery and kidnapping, but they're believed to be the first men in many years to be executed for homosexuality without also being accused of rape. Says Iranian lawyer Mohammad Mostafaei, More »
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Scientists have discovered the cause of the macabre "grinning corpses" found preserved in Sardinia: the hemlock water-dropwort plant, possessed of a Botox-like effect, which ancient Phoenician colonists "administered to elderly [What? -Ed] and criminals before ritualistically killing them." [LiveScience] More »
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The Swiss state of Glarus has exonerated a woman executed for witchcraft in 1782, calling Anna Goeldi's beheading "judicial murder" because the Protestant church council who tried her had no legal authority. Goeldi was convicted of "causing her employer's daughter to spit pins and experience convulsions." Notice that they don't actually say she wasn't a witch; let's not be rash! [UPI] More »
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This is it. The moment you've been waiting for. We're ridding ourselves of some commenters, and sending others to, well, the corner. [Ha! -Ed.] Names and offenses after the jump. More »
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