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Women Being Sent to the Gallows in Alarming Numbers in Iran

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Many Were Child Brides Hanged for Murder of Abusive Husbands From Whom There Was No Protection  December 18, 2024 — Amidst a huge surge in executions in the Islamic Republic— 862 so far in 2024, the highest per capita execution rate globally—the Iranian authorities are now increasingly including women in those it sends to the gallows. Since the start of 2024, Iran has executed at least 29 women. More executions of women may have taken place that are unknown.

China: Beijing Baby Killer Appeals for Light Sentence

Chinese death-row inmate being
led into a lethal-injection van
A man who killed a 2-year-old girl by throwing her to the ground, lodged an appeal through his attorney on Tuesday after receiving death penalty about 2 weeks ago.

Han Lei, 39, grabbed a girl from her pram and hurled her to the ground in Daxing District of Beijing on July 23 after an argument with her mother over a parking space.

Han was sentenced to death by Beijing No.1 Intermediate People's Court on September 25, on charges of intentional homicide.

Han appealed to have his crime reduced to involuntary homicide on the grounds that he didn't know it was a baby carriage or that he was hurling a baby.

According to China's law, involuntary homicide will be sentenced to 3 to 7 years' imprisonment, while intentional homicide will be given the death penalty.

Source: CRI English, October 8, 2013

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