Monday, September 26, 2011

Iran will mete out eye for an eye justice when it blinds a waiter who hurled acid at a man

The Islamic Republic's supreme court sanctioned the punishment after the victim asked for revenge. The 26-year-old waiter, identified by his first name, Mohammad, had confessed to the attack. His victim, named Vali, was injured and blinded in one eye. Vali then asked for qesas - an eye for an eye style of justice - and that Mohammad be blinded. The attack happened after a plot was hatched by the victim's brother-in-law. The Islamic sharia code in force in Iran provides for retributive justice, most commonly for murder or for those convicted of causing intentional physical injury.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's "mete out" not "meet out".

Average Joe said...

Thanks, I will change that.

Anonymous said...

I have for a long time believed in an eye for an eye. For example, negro rapists of white women should be raped and beaten by a well endowed white homo pervert. We have enough to go around that's for sure. But would that be a brown eye for a brown eye?