'Vampire' flogged, stabbed and hanged in public

The Australian ^ | March 17, 2005

[cynwoody]

Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005122462,00.html

[Avenger]

"It is not cost effective because of the cycles of appeals that go on and on."

True, but I think a death penalty demands a much higher degree of certainty since it is irreversible. If someone is falsely imprisioned then he can be freed and paid restitutions. If some one is wrongly put to death there is not much that can be done. I don't see cost-effective dealth penalties being meted out in a modern civilized society.

[dennisw]

If he really did it then the punishment fit the crimes. I like how the families got some cathartic release and retribution.

[dennisw]

Thanks for pix!!!

[LibertarianInExile]

I think the important question we're all missing here is whether or not he committed his crimes while he was under the age of 18. If he was a minor, it was wrong to put him to death. He should merely have been put in jail for the rest of his life.

/Indiana Jones-esque, skin-melting, white hot sarcasm

[DB]

I just hope they were guilty.

[MacDorcha]

"Both the crime and the punishment are barbaric."

If the crime and the punishment were BOTH barbaric, then the punishment fits the crime. Neither cruel, nor unusual, given the circumstances.

[MacDorcha]

There is evil in this world.

Making an example of evil (not ignoring it or treating it secertly) is the only way to deal with it.

[MacDorcha]

I think the man would have said SOMETHING if he wasn't guilty.

As the record stands, however, he didn't deny it durring the sentencing, and his cohort addmitted to it.

[Avenger]

"As the record stands, however, he didn't deny it durring the sentencing, and his cohort addmitted to it."

Do you put that much trust in the system of law in Iran? Do you believe an independent Western journalist got to sit down and have a one to one interview with the accused or check into his records? I'm not saying he didn't do it, but really...what "record" are you referring to? In Iran you can be put to death for criticizing the ayatallah's version of Islam.

[MacDorcha]

I think the fact the first one did not say anythign speaks for itself.

The second one may or may not have, we don't know... but we do have the RECORDED account of a journalist who says the other perp admitted to it.

Again, "as the record stands"

[taxesareforever]

was then hauled into the air by a crane to cries from the crowd of "make him twist".

I thought Iran was becoming Westernized. However, in order to believe this I would have thought they would have been playing the song, "Twist and Shout".

[Qwinn]

I'm of the opinion that cruel and unusual crimes deserve cruel and unusual punishment. I also support the idea of the families of the victims getting to partake (if they choose) in the execution. This man was a monster in every sense of the word, and he deserved to die via pitchforks and torches.

Qwinn

[Triggerhippie]

PAKDASHT, Iran: An Iranian serial killer convicted of kidnapping and murdering 21 people, most of them little boys, was publicly flogged and hanged south of Tehran on Wednesday before thousands of spectators. Mohammad Bijeh, branded "the vampire of the desert" in the Iranian press, was lashed 100 times, stabbed in the back by a furious brother of one victim before a blue nylon rope was placed around his neck by the mother of another murdered child.

He got off too easy... (executed, I mean.)

[freedom44]

This creature ruthlessly murdered 21 innocent young children. I don't think having a family member of one of the children stab him is too far - sorry. His punishment is not barbaric in my eyes.

[Cronos]

having a blasphemous name.
BWhy is Mohammad Bijeh a blasphemous name?

[Stormcrow]

"I disagree. Both the crime and the punishment are barbaric. I support capital punishment, but not like that. What a bunch of savages."

Reads like something out of Dante's "Inferno", doesn't it?
A small glimpse into the pit of hell.

[familyop]

"Reads like something out of Dante's "Inferno", doesn't it?"

Yes, exactly. Here's another thought on the situation, too. If we had the laws and punishments of the USA's early years, most of the same people who want public crucifixions without a reasonable body of evidence for some crimes now could not stand for anyone to be hung for adultery or sodomy.

[Brian Allen]

Bloody savages.

Barbarians.

Unadulterated Evil!

[Larry Lucido]

Well, if you pronounce it B.J. . . .