Can An Iranian Woman Be Saved From Death By Stoning?
LatestAn Iranian woman is set to be stoned to death for adultery — but pressure from the international community could change that.
According to CNN, 42-year-old Sakineh Mohammadie Ashtiani of Tabriz, Iran was accused of adultery back in 2006, convicted based on the opinions of several judges and not on evidence, and punished with 99 lashes. But this year her case was reopened — according to the Guardian‘s Saeed Kamali Dehghan, because her husband died and she was suspected of his murder. Though she was found not guilty of the crime, the court decided to punish her again for adultery — and again, based its decision on “judge’s knowledge,” which Dehghan describes as “a loophole that allows for subjective judicial rulings where no conclusive evidence is present.” This time, the penalty for the mother of two is death by stoning, which could apparently be carried out at any time.