Sakineh Ashtiani has been in jail since 2006 waiting to be put to death by stoning, despite insisting on her innocence. A recent international outcry caused the Iranians to withdraw the sentence of stoning. Perhaps they could not produce the 4 eye witnesses required by Sharia Law to justify the stoning to their Islamic allies.
But no problem. A couple days of torture later and we have a new scenario: Woman admits to conspiracy to murder her husband, and denounces her lawyer, who was forced to flee Iran last week after his wife and brother-in-law were arrested by the Iranians. Maybe this is the Iranian form of a plea bargain? Exchange stoning for hanging?
Hat Tip NYT blog.
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