Cairo - A Saudi judge has asked several hospitals in the country whether they could damage a man's spinal cord as punishment after he was convicted of attacking another man with a cleaver and paralysing him, local newspapers reported on Thursday.
Saudi Arabia enforces strict Islamic law and occasionally metes out punishments based on the ancient legal code of an eye-for-an-eye.
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Judge Mulls Paralysis As Sentence
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, Aug 20 2010 11:21 AM
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Posted 20 August 2010 - 06:58 PM
An eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth...and a spine for a spine...I say go for it.......
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Posted 20 August 2010 - 07:03 PM
I was shot twice...the shooter got 8yrs. In this case Im down with an eye for an eye. Oh what do ya know, he is elgible 4 parole in november...not me though.
I never did like snakes... so I got out the gutter.
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Posted 20 August 2010 - 07:25 PM
Revenge eh...no thanks, no one deserves to be SCIed IMHO...it solves nothing! Banish/shame him, never employee him, let him survive on his own...
Edited by StillFingers, 20 August 2010 - 07:29 PM.
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Posted 20 August 2010 - 09:22 PM
I hear ya stillfingers. Maybe noone does deserve to be injured that way, its too bad judges don't consider this when they hand out these baby sentences. I have friends doing more time for weed.
I never did like snakes... so I got out the gutter.
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Posted 20 August 2010 - 11:23 PM
Some say when we get even, we get even worse.
Whole lotta ways of looking at this thing.
Should a populace have to live in fear of being somewhere, ANYWHERE violent harm could come to them? I really don't think so.
But then the concept of punishing violent criminals is both barbaric and costly. To keep them segregated from the rest of society is even more expensive. 50 grand a year to house and feed them. For what? They are very rarely rehabilitated, resitivism running rampent, skills honed to a fine edge of violent perfection.
A swift executiion, toss 'em in a hole 'n be done with it.
May take some time but eventually violent crime with start to decline. Either from a lack of violent criminals, or from the fear of repercussions.
Let's kill a criminal today!
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Whole lotta ways of looking at this thing.
Should a populace have to live in fear of being somewhere, ANYWHERE violent harm could come to them? I really don't think so.
But then the concept of punishing violent criminals is both barbaric and costly. To keep them segregated from the rest of society is even more expensive. 50 grand a year to house and feed them. For what? They are very rarely rehabilitated, resitivism running rampent, skills honed to a fine edge of violent perfection.
A swift executiion, toss 'em in a hole 'n be done with it.
May take some time but eventually violent crime with start to decline. Either from a lack of violent criminals, or from the fear of repercussions.
Let's kill a criminal today!
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How 'bout if I spell it out for ya. D-I-L-L-I-G-A-F
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Posted 21 August 2010 - 03:43 AM
Perhaps if the justice system enforced the original and maximum sentences for crimes, criminals would think twice. (Thats if they actually THINK the first time)
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Posted 22 August 2010 - 03:07 PM
HiltonP, on 20 August 2010 - 11:21 AM, said:
http://www.news24.co...ntence-20100819
Saudi King Abdullah has been trying to clamp down on extremist ideology, including unauthorised clerics issuing odd religious decrees.
- SAPA
Saudi King Abdullah has been trying to clamp down on extremist ideology, including unauthorised clerics issuing odd religious decrees.
- SAPA
Good on ya King guy.........someone has to drag these idiots into the 21st century, seriously
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Posted 23 August 2010 - 12:03 PM
I've always said that I wouldn't wish this SCI crap on anyone, including the truck driver that decided it would be a good day to crash into me and my motorcycle.
However, I did think about it concerning my ex-boss from work but, decided not even her!
However, I did think about it concerning my ex-boss from work but, decided not even her!
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Posted 23 August 2010 - 12:08 PM
Wow, if ever there were a contentious subject....
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Posted 23 August 2010 - 08:52 PM
This is a theocracy... not what fundies here in the US paint it to be.
We are a secular nation and hope, hope, HOPE we remain one.
The First Amendment, first for a reason.
We are a secular nation and hope, hope, HOPE we remain one.
The First Amendment, first for a reason.
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"If a law is unjust not only does a man have the right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so!"
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