A Tale of Two Executions
Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. As the world rejoices for Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani who just had her sentence commuted, it must also mourn for Teresa Lewis who died of a lethal injection. Whereas Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death for adultery and for murdering her husband, will not receive the death penalty, Teresa Lewis was executed at a correctional facility in Virginia. It is a tale of two executions, one in Iran and one in the United States of America. In Iran, the story ends with hope. In the United States, the tale ends in tragedy. Ashtiani’s death sentence caused a global outcry among human rights activists and political leaders in the United…
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