The punishment is interesting and awfully progressive, so for that I am happy. And the punishment certainly fits the crime. But really, I don't ever support cruel and unusual punishments, and I have a hard time cheering when I hear that someone is having ACID put into their eyes. It's the sort of thing I relish in my head as the ultimate revenge, but it's not what I would want in real life.

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@goodcheapfun: I'm not going to start shit with you, so take it elsewhere, mate.

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If you want to go pour acid on someone who poured acid on you, for emotional healing, then fine, go ahead, but I think the role of the government is to discourage violence and acid-throwing, and they should put both parties in "time-out," not encourage it. If the govt. starts throwing acid on its citizens as a punishment, I think that's when you know you are living in the sort of country where women get hanged for killing rapists in self-defense and people get sent to jail for being homosexuals. Because ya know who throws acid on each other? Bad people, bad governments, people like this crazy asshole guy.

While I don't believe that our justice system is perfect in the US, I am glad that we don't have such noble punishments on the books such as throwing acid in people's eyes. Ironically, I am hoping very much to be a prosecutor when I graduate from law school, I do tend to think of myself as the "law and order" type, even though I don't support the death penalty. So maybe that's why I'm so shocked to see some people here advocating for a rule of law that completely disregards any prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment.

Guantanomo, for example, do people here support the US using this as a prison? It is possible that those people have done truly horrific things in the name of fanaticism, yet many Americans don't believe that those prisoners should be without any due process, or should be subjected to cruel and unusual punishment.

I think this may be my longest post ever, on Jezebel, but I really am surprised that so many fellow Jezebelles support a govt. undertaking this sort of punishment against its citizens- especially one that is not known for treating women with equality at all. If they allow this sort of punishment for a man, whose to say they won't allow it for an ever lesser crime committed by a woman?

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And at least the old President, when this happened was horrified enough by the crime that he was personally paying a portion of Bahrami's medical bills, and I think even her rent. And then he authorized the govt. to pick up some more of the expenses. Ahmadinejad's response?

"Ahmadinejad's media adviser, Medhi Kalhor, said he could guess why the payments were cut off. "Did Mr. Khatami throw the acid? No. He shouldn't have paid for her out of the people's pocket," he said. "If Bahrami was an old man with an ingrown toenail, no one would speak of it. . . . There are so many people who need our help. We cannot just pay for everybody."

Even this guy's father thought the punishment was fair. Because, ya know, acid to the eyes is what you do when you're pissed about something. This isn't changing that view, it's just making it seem even more acceptable.

But it is a heartbreaking story. I was wondering why she didn't get $$$ from her attacker, but apparently she chose the acid over "blood money" which she also would have been entitled to.

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