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Iran Supreme Court: it's OK to kill the "morally corrupt".(Brief article)
The Iranian Supreme Court has overturned the convictions of six men found guilty of murder in a ruling that suggests that the Iranian government believes that Muslims may kill in the name of Islam. The exonerated men are members of the Basiji Force, an elite militia that, according to the New York Times, is favored both by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. On previous occasions, three lower courts have upheld the men's convictions stemming from the retributive killings of those who had been judged "morally corrupt."
According to the Times, the killings began in earnest after the men watched a video in 2002 in which a cleric argued that it ...
- Stuart Cosgrove: Rio didn't take a drugs test because he was too busy moving to...
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) October 9, 2003 700+ words
Byline: Stuart Cosgrove Page 71IT is a massive coincidence that Joe Baker died in the week Rio Ferdinand was dropped from England's team to play Turkey on Saturday. I doubt Baker and Ferdinand ever met nor would they have had much to say to each other. But they were both England internationals, who
- Supreme Court Justices Unknown to Most Americans, Says New Survey.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 10, 2006 700+ words
...Judge Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court, most Americans draw a blank...of the current members of the Supreme Court. Fifty-seven percent of Americans can't name any current Supreme Court justices, according to a new...
- SUPREME COURT
- Reference information from: Young Students Learning Library January 1, 1996 700+ words
00-00-0000 The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United...States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior [lower...ordain and establish.'' The Supreme Court heads the judicial branch of the...
- Supreme Court shift favors employers; Bush appointees make pro-business rulings...
- Magazine article from: Business Insurance Jr, Gerald L. Maatman October 1, 2007 700+ words
...Byline: Gerald L. Maatman Jr. The Supreme Court's 2006/2007 term has enhanced expectations...Associate Justice Samuel Alito-the Supreme Court shifted decidedly to the right on workplace...amp; Rubber Co., in which the Supreme Court determined that pay decisions are discrete...
- Supreme Court to consider ending execution of juveniles.(St. Louis...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Branch-Brioso, Karen January 26, 2004 700+ words
...WASHINGTON _ Fifteen years after the Supreme Court said the Constitution doesn't bar...sentenced to death, but the Missouri Supreme Court overturned the sentence in August...when they committed their crimes. The Supreme Court's decision Monday to review the case...
- Supreme Court hears more conflicting views at hearing on Davide impeachment...
- Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin November 6, 2003 700+ words
Byline: REY G. PANALIGAN The Supreme Court heard until late last night the arguments...Justice Hilario G. Davide Jr. The Supreme Court heard until late last night the arguments...Dean Pacifico Agabin - said while the Supreme Court has jurisdiction over the cases, the...
- Supreme Court to consider ending execution of juveniles.
- Newspaper article from: St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, MO) January 26, 2004 700+ words
...WASHINGTON _ Fifteen years after the Supreme Court said the Constitution doesn't bar...sentenced to death, but the Missouri Supreme Court overturned the sentence in August...when they committed their crimes. The Supreme Court's decision Monday to review the case...
- SUPREME COURT NOMINATION:JOHN CORNYN
- Transcript from: Congressional Testimony July 13, 2009 700+ words
...only 110 people who served on the Supreme Court. We should all stop and think about...Justices. That means each and every Supreme Court nomination is a historic moment for our Nation. Each Supreme Court nomination is a time for a national...
