Two more people have escaped death by hanging with the consent of their victims’ families in recent days. The Etemad daily reports that in Tonkabon, a murder convict was pardoned at the gallows on the morning of Wednesday May 21, and the head of Neyshapour prisons announced that one of the prisoners was released […]
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Thousands ask family of murder victim to show mercy
A large group of citizens of Ravansar in Kermanshah Province gathered at the grave of murder victim Omid Moradi to urge the victim’s family to consent to rescinding the death penalty against his convicted murderer. The Shargh daily reported on Sunday May 18 that last Thursday, scores of business owners, city council members, religious […]
Istanbul honours Iranian mother who spared son’s killer
Samereh Alinejad, an Iranian woman who pardoned her son’s murderer at the moment of his hanging, has been recognized as the Mother of Year in Istanbul. The Shargh daily reported on Sunday that Alinejad had arrived in front of the Noor City Court for the execution of her son’s murderer and at the last […]