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Little Tich

(6,171 posts) Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:48 PM Aug 2015

Amnesty report finds Saudi Arabia executed 175 in past year

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has executed at least 175 people over the past 12 months, on average one person every two days, according to a report released Tuesday by Amnesty International.

The 43-page report titled "Killing In the Name of Justice: The Death Penalty in Saudi Arabia" said that between January 1985 and June 2015, at least 2,208 people were executed in the kingdom. An Associated Press tally based on official announcements shows that Saudi Arabia executed 109 people since January, compared to 83 in all of 2014.

The kingdom follows a strict interpretation of Islamic law and applies the death penalty to a number of crimes including murder, rape and drug smuggling. Though not as common, Saudi Courts allow for people to be executed for adultery, apostasy and witchcraft.

People can also be executed for crimes committed when they were below 18 years of age.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/amnesty-report-finds-saudi-arabia-executed-175-past-230521362.html

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Amnesty report finds Saudi Arabia executed 175 in past year (Original Post) Little Tich Aug 2015 OP

So how is the crime there? yeoman6987 Aug 2015 #1

It does not deter rich versus poor crime at all. McCamy Taylor Aug 2015 #6

Lets just say you can leave your wallet out at night on the porch Reter Aug 2015 #12

Probably dealing with extremists thebighobgoblin Aug 2015 #2

How many have they also executed and killed in Yemen....the death toll mounts for this "friend" of Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author closeupready Aug 2015 #4

Who do they think they are, Texas? marble falls Aug 2015 #5

I was wondering if this beat Texas' record. nt raccoon Aug 2015 #10

The USA has only murdered 19 of it's citizens so far this year Perry Smith Aug 2015 #7

ugh Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #8

Yet, Meggulliver Aug 2015 #9

at least they arent Venezuala reddread Aug 2015 #11

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)

1. So how is the crime there?

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:54 PM

Aug 2015

Does it deter crime or is this just big justice killing for the heck of it?

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)

6. It does not deter rich versus poor crime at all.

Reply to yeoman6987 (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 03:53 AM

Aug 2015

Reter

(2,188 posts)

12. Lets just say you can leave your wallet out at night on the porch

Reply to yeoman6987 (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 26, 2015, 09:44 AM

Aug 2015

It will still be there in the morning.

thebighobgoblin

(179 posts)

2. Probably dealing with extremists

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:58 PM

Aug 2015

And this will probably backfire.

The House of Saud's wahabbism has raised lots of chickens that are now coming home to roost.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

3. How many have they also executed and killed in Yemen....the death toll mounts for this "friend" of

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:59 PM

Aug 2015

America.

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marble falls

(57,204 posts)

5. Who do they think they are, Texas?

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 12:05 AM

Aug 2015

raccoon

(31,119 posts)

10. I was wondering if this beat Texas' record. nt

Reply to marble falls (Reply #5)

Wed Aug 26, 2015, 09:27 AM

Aug 2015

Perry Smith

(14 posts)

7. The USA has only murdered 19 of it's citizens so far this year

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2015, 04:34 AM

Aug 2015

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/execution-list-2015

Which I am sure makes many 'people' upset that the USA is not #1 in murdering its citizens.

However I am sure the USA is #1 with the police murdering people so we still have that going for us.