Rape? Or Fraud?

[CaféAuLait]

Condom piercer loses Supreme Court appeal

A Nova Scotia man who admitted he tampered with his girlfriend's condoms resulting in her pregnancy has lost his Supreme Court appeal and must now serve the balance of his 18-month jail sentence on a charge of sexual assault.

Canada's top court unanimously upheld Craig Jaret Hutchinson's sexual assault conviction on Friday morning.

Hutchinson's lawyer Luke Craggs said, "It has been a very long battle.

"This matter has been going on for close to seven years. It’s been hard fought and it’s been draining and so obviously it’s a disappointing outcome. But, at the very least, there’s a measure of closure in it.”

In the summer of 2006, Hutchinson thought he could save his flagging relationship by getting his girlfriend pregnant. He surreptitiously poked holes in her condoms.

Condom piercer loses Supreme Court appeal - Nova Scotia - CBC News

He has had 3 trials now, one not guilty of sex assault. Second guilty and then the Supreme court just up held the latest conviction. He will now be placed on the Sex Offender Registry for life. He was sentenced to 18 months.

I disagree this was sex assault. I feel this was fraud of some sort. I think he was despicable to do such, but it does not equate rape or sex assault. If that is the case any woman lying about being on the pill or not being able to get pregnant should be accused of sex assault as well, found guilty and placed on the Sex offender registry for life.

 

[CaféAuLait]

I guess I'll comment here one more time. I am surprised this has not been a subject which spawns discussion TBH.

If anything this man should have been charged in civil court, he should have been taxed with paying for her abortion and perhaps pain and suffering, if she already has not do so already.

This case makes no sense to me at all.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Condom piercer loses Supreme Court appeal

A Nova Scotia man who admitted he tampered with his girlfriend's condoms resulting in her pregnancy has lost his Supreme Court appeal and must now serve the balance of his 18-month jail sentence on a charge of sexual assault.

Canada's top court unanimously upheld Craig Jaret Hutchinson's sexual assault conviction on Friday morning.

Hutchinson's lawyer Luke Craggs said, "It has been a very long battle.

"This matter has been going on for close to seven years. It’s been hard fought and it’s been draining and so obviously it’s a disappointing outcome. But, at the very least, there’s a measure of closure in it.”

In the summer of 2006, Hutchinson thought he could save his flagging relationship by getting his girlfriend pregnant. He surreptitiously poked holes in her condoms.

Condom piercer loses Supreme Court appeal - Nova Scotia - CBC News

He has had 3 trials now, one not guilty of sex assault. Second guilty and then the Supreme court just up held the latest conviction. He will now be placed on the Sex Offender Registry for life. He was sentenced to 18 months.

I disagree this was sex assault. I feel this was fraud of some sort. I think he was despicable to do such, but it does not equate rape or sex assault. If that is the case any woman lying about being on the pill or not being able to get pregnant should be accused of sex assault as well, found guilty and placed on the Sex offender registry for life.

Sounds more like some kind of 'reckless disregard for safety' or 'grave disregard for life.' If she became pregnant as a result, that's probably how they justified assault, pregnancy being akin to that if done in this manner. Physical discomfort, morning sickness, and all that.

 

[waltky]

Rape victim hanged for killing rapist in Iran...

Iran hangs woman convicted of killing alleged rapist
Sat Oct 25, 2014 - A 26-year-old Iranian woman convicted of murdering a man she accused of trying to rape her as a teenager was hanged on Saturday, the official news agency IRNA said, despite international pleas for her life to be spared.

Reyhaneh Jabbari walked to the gallows at dawn on Saturday in Tehran's Evin prison after failing to secure a reprieve from the murder victim's relatives within the 10-day deadline set by sharia law in force since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The death sentence sparked U.S. and European Union condemnation and the government of President Hassan Rouhani, who won election last year on promises of liberal reform at home and easing Iran's isolation abroad, to intervene to get it commuted. Justice Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said in early October that a "good ending" was in sight, but official media reported later that the slain man's family could not be persuaded to approve leniency for Jabbari.

Jabbari was sentenced to death in accordance with Koranic "qisas", or eye for an eye, law after being found guilty of stabbing dead an older man with a kitchen knife in 2007. She had pleaded self-defense but failed to sway judges at various stages of appeal up to Iran's Supreme Court and she remained in prison throughout. Jabbari's last chance of reprieve lay with clerical Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose powers transcend all state mandates. But Khamenei never mentioned the case and has only rarely intervened in court cases regardless of political considerations.

Immediately after Saturday's execution, the Tehran state prosecutor's office issued a statement that appeared aimed at countering sympathy for Jabbari. "Jabbari had repeatedly confessed to premeditated murder, then tried to divert the case from its course by inventing the rape charge," said the statement carried by IRNA. "But all her efforts to feign innocence were proven false in various phases of prosecution. Evidence was firm. She had informed a friend through text message of her intention to kill. It was ascertained that she had purchased the murder weapon, a kitchen knife, two days before committing murder."

"DEEPLY FLAWED TRIAL", SAYS AMNESTY

See also:

U.S. condemns Iran's hanging of alleged rape victim
October 25, 2014 ~ The U.S. State Department on Saturday joined other organizations condemning the execution of an Iranian woman convicted of killing a man she said she stabbed in self-defense during a sexual assault.

Despite a robust international campaign and social media outcry, Reyhaneh Jabbari — convicted of murder in the 2007 death of a former Iranian intelligence agent — was hanged at dawn Saturday in Tehran, according to Iran's official news agency IRNA, "There were serious concerns with the fairness of the trial and the circumstances surrounding this case, including reports of confessions made under severe duress," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement Saturday. "Iranian authorities proceeded with this execution despite pleas from human rights activists and an international outcry over this case."

The United Nations, as well as Amnesty International, and other human rights groups had called for a halt to the execution, which was carried out after the country's Supreme Court upheld the verdict. "We join our voice with those who call on Iran to respect the fair trial guarantees afforded to its people under Iran's own laws and its international obligations," Psaki added.

Iranian Reyhaneh Jabbari is shown on trial in Tehran on Dec. 15, 2008

The court ruling in her 2009 sentence rejected the claim of attempted rape, saying evidence — including the purchase of a knife two days earlier for protection — proved Jabbari plotted to kill Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former employee of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security. "The knife had been inflicted on the back of the deceased, indicating the murder was not self-defense," the court ruling stated. A police investigation found Jabbari sent a text to a friend saying she would kill Sarbandi three days before the incident, according to IRNA.

Amnesty International said Jabbari confessed to the murder immediately after her 2007 arrest, citing self-defense after Sarbandi tried to sexually abuse her. The group called the investigation into Jabbari's claims "deeply flawed." "This is another bloody stain on Iran's human rights record," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International's deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa Program. "The news that Reyhaneh Jabbari has been executed is deeply disappointing in the extreme."

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[Esmeralda]

Condom piercer loses Supreme Court appeal

A Nova Scotia man who admitted he tampered with his girlfriend's condoms resulting in her pregnancy has lost his Supreme Court appeal and must now serve the balance of his 18-month jail sentence on a charge of sexual assault.

Canada's top court unanimously upheld Craig Jaret Hutchinson's sexual assault conviction on Friday morning.

Hutchinson's lawyer Luke Craggs said, "It has been a very long battle.

"This matter has been going on for close to seven years. It’s been hard fought and it’s been draining and so obviously it’s a disappointing outcome. But, at the very least, there’s a measure of closure in it.”

In the summer of 2006, Hutchinson thought he could save his flagging relationship by getting his girlfriend pregnant. He surreptitiously poked holes in her condoms.

Condom piercer loses Supreme Court appeal - Nova Scotia - CBC News

He has had 3 trials now, one not guilty of sex assault. Second guilty and then the Supreme court just up held the latest conviction. He will now be placed on the Sex Offender Registry for life. He was sentenced to 18 months.

I disagree this was sex assault. I feel this was fraud of some sort. I think he was despicable to do such, but it does not equate rape or sex assault. If that is the case any woman lying about being on the pill or not being able to get pregnant should be accused of sex assault as well, found guilty and placed on the Sex offender registry for life.

It's Canada. Another country. They can do what they want.

 

[Esmeralda]

Rape victim hanged for killing rapist in Iran...

Iran hangs woman convicted of killing alleged rapist
Sat Oct 25, 2014 - A 26-year-old Iranian woman convicted of murdering a man she accused of trying to rape her as a teenager was hanged on Saturday, the official news agency IRNA said, despite international pleas for her life to be spared.

Reyhaneh Jabbari walked to the gallows at dawn on Saturday in Tehran's Evin prison after failing to secure a reprieve from the murder victim's relatives within the 10-day deadline set by sharia law in force since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The death sentence sparked U.S. and European Union condemnation and the government of President Hassan Rouhani, who won election last year on promises of liberal reform at home and easing Iran's isolation abroad, to intervene to get it commuted. Justice Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said in early October that a "good ending" was in sight, but official media reported later that the slain man's family could not be persuaded to approve leniency for Jabbari.

Jabbari was sentenced to death in accordance with Koranic "qisas", or eye for an eye, law after being found guilty of stabbing dead an older man with a kitchen knife in 2007. She had pleaded self-defense but failed to sway judges at various stages of appeal up to Iran's Supreme Court and she remained in prison throughout. Jabbari's last chance of reprieve lay with clerical Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose powers transcend all state mandates. But Khamenei never mentioned the case and has only rarely intervened in court cases regardless of political considerations.

Immediately after Saturday's execution, the Tehran state prosecutor's office issued a statement that appeared aimed at countering sympathy for Jabbari. "Jabbari had repeatedly confessed to premeditated murder, then tried to divert the case from its course by inventing the rape charge," said the statement carried by IRNA. "But all her efforts to feign innocence were proven false in various phases of prosecution. Evidence was firm. She had informed a friend through text message of her intention to kill. It was ascertained that she had purchased the murder weapon, a kitchen knife, two days before committing murder."

"DEEPLY FLAWED TRIAL", SAYS AMNESTY

See also:

U.S. condemns Iran's hanging of alleged rape victim
October 25, 2014 ~ The U.S. State Department on Saturday joined other organizations condemning the execution of an Iranian woman convicted of killing a man she said she stabbed in self-defense during a sexual assault.

Despite a robust international campaign and social media outcry, Reyhaneh Jabbari — convicted of murder in the 2007 death of a former Iranian intelligence agent — was hanged at dawn Saturday in Tehran, according to Iran's official news agency IRNA, "There were serious concerns with the fairness of the trial and the circumstances surrounding this case, including reports of confessions made under severe duress," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement Saturday. "Iranian authorities proceeded with this execution despite pleas from human rights activists and an international outcry over this case."

The United Nations, as well as Amnesty International, and other human rights groups had called for a halt to the execution, which was carried out after the country's Supreme Court upheld the verdict. "We join our voice with those who call on Iran to respect the fair trial guarantees afforded to its people under Iran's own laws and its international obligations," Psaki added.

Iranian Reyhaneh Jabbari is shown on trial in Tehran on Dec. 15, 2008

The court ruling in her 2009 sentence rejected the claim of attempted rape, saying evidence — including the purchase of a knife two days earlier for protection — proved Jabbari plotted to kill Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former employee of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security. "The knife had been inflicted on the back of the deceased, indicating the murder was not self-defense," the court ruling stated. A police investigation found Jabbari sent a text to a friend saying she would kill Sarbandi three days before the incident, according to IRNA.

Amnesty International said Jabbari confessed to the murder immediately after her 2007 arrest, citing self-defense after Sarbandi tried to sexually abuse her. The group called the investigation into Jabbari's claims "deeply flawed." "This is another bloody stain on Iran's human rights record," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International's deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa Program. "The news that Reyhaneh Jabbari has been executed is deeply disappointing in the extreme."

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She killed someone she said tried to rape her. Even if the sexual assault is true, it would be the same in the US. She would be found guilty of murder. We don't hang people here, and seldom execute women; otherwise, it's the same thing.

 

[CaféAuLait]

Rape victim hanged for killing rapist in Iran...

Iran hangs woman convicted of killing alleged rapist
Sat Oct 25, 2014 - A 26-year-old Iranian woman convicted of murdering a man she accused of trying to rape her as a teenager was hanged on Saturday, the official news agency IRNA said, despite international pleas for her life to be spared.

Reyhaneh Jabbari walked to the gallows at dawn on Saturday in Tehran's Evin prison after failing to secure a reprieve from the murder victim's relatives within the 10-day deadline set by sharia law in force since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The death sentence sparked U.S. and European Union condemnation and the government of President Hassan Rouhani, who won election last year on promises of liberal reform at home and easing Iran's isolation abroad, to intervene to get it commuted. Justice Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said in early October that a "good ending" was in sight, but official media reported later that the slain man's family could not be persuaded to approve leniency for Jabbari.

Jabbari was sentenced to death in accordance with Koranic "qisas", or eye for an eye, law after being found guilty of stabbing dead an older man with a kitchen knife in 2007. She had pleaded self-defense but failed to sway judges at various stages of appeal up to Iran's Supreme Court and she remained in prison throughout. Jabbari's last chance of reprieve lay with clerical Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose powers transcend all state mandates. But Khamenei never mentioned the case and has only rarely intervened in court cases regardless of political considerations.

Immediately after Saturday's execution, the Tehran state prosecutor's office issued a statement that appeared aimed at countering sympathy for Jabbari. "Jabbari had repeatedly confessed to premeditated murder, then tried to divert the case from its course by inventing the rape charge," said the statement carried by IRNA. "But all her efforts to feign innocence were proven false in various phases of prosecution. Evidence was firm. She had informed a friend through text message of her intention to kill. It was ascertained that she had purchased the murder weapon, a kitchen knife, two days before committing murder."

"DEEPLY FLAWED TRIAL", SAYS AMNESTY

See also:

U.S. condemns Iran's hanging of alleged rape victim
October 25, 2014 ~ The U.S. State Department on Saturday joined other organizations condemning the execution of an Iranian woman convicted of killing a man she said she stabbed in self-defense during a sexual assault.

Despite a robust international campaign and social media outcry, Reyhaneh Jabbari — convicted of murder in the 2007 death of a former Iranian intelligence agent — was hanged at dawn Saturday in Tehran, according to Iran's official news agency IRNA, "There were serious concerns with the fairness of the trial and the circumstances surrounding this case, including reports of confessions made under severe duress," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement Saturday. "Iranian authorities proceeded with this execution despite pleas from human rights activists and an international outcry over this case."

The United Nations, as well as Amnesty International, and other human rights groups had called for a halt to the execution, which was carried out after the country's Supreme Court upheld the verdict. "We join our voice with those who call on Iran to respect the fair trial guarantees afforded to its people under Iran's own laws and its international obligations," Psaki added.

Iranian Reyhaneh Jabbari is shown on trial in Tehran on Dec. 15, 2008

The court ruling in her 2009 sentence rejected the claim of attempted rape, saying evidence — including the purchase of a knife two days earlier for protection — proved Jabbari plotted to kill Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former employee of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security. "The knife had been inflicted on the back of the deceased, indicating the murder was not self-defense," the court ruling stated. A police investigation found Jabbari sent a text to a friend saying she would kill Sarbandi three days before the incident, according to IRNA.

Amnesty International said Jabbari confessed to the murder immediately after her 2007 arrest, citing self-defense after Sarbandi tried to sexually abuse her. The group called the investigation into Jabbari's claims "deeply flawed." "This is another bloody stain on Iran's human rights record," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International's deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa Program. "The news that Reyhaneh Jabbari has been executed is deeply disappointing in the extreme."

MORE

She killed someone she said tried to rape her. Even if the sexual assault is true, it would be the same in the US. She would be found guilty of murder. We don't hang people here, and seldom execute women; otherwise, it's the same thing.

You really think a woman stabbing a man on time while being raped would result in a murder conviction in the US?

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

Condom piercer loses Supreme Court appeal

A Nova Scotia man who admitted he tampered with his girlfriend's condoms resulting in her pregnancy has lost his Supreme Court appeal and must now serve the balance of his 18-month jail sentence on a charge of sexual assault.

Canada's top court unanimously upheld Craig Jaret Hutchinson's sexual assault conviction on Friday morning.

Hutchinson's lawyer Luke Craggs said, "It has been a very long battle.

"This matter has been going on for close to seven years. It’s been hard fought and it’s been draining and so obviously it’s a disappointing outcome. But, at the very least, there’s a measure of closure in it.”

In the summer of 2006, Hutchinson thought he could save his flagging relationship by getting his girlfriend pregnant. He surreptitiously poked holes in her condoms.

Condom piercer loses Supreme Court appeal - Nova Scotia - CBC News

He has had 3 trials now, one not guilty of sex assault. Second guilty and then the Supreme court just up held the latest conviction. He will now be placed on the Sex Offender Registry for life. He was sentenced to 18 months.

I disagree this was sex assault. I feel this was fraud of some sort. I think he was despicable to do such, but it does not equate rape or sex assault. If that is the case any woman lying about being on the pill or not being able to get pregnant should be accused of sex assault as well, found guilty and placed on the Sex offender registry for life.

That does not meet the definition of rape.. Maybe fraud or something else but not rape.

Rape Law Legal Definition

In the United States, rape is the most serious form of sexual assault punishable by law, but the definition of what constitutes rape varies from state to state. In all states, if a man forcibly subjects a woman who is not his wife to sexual intercourse without her consent, he has committed the crime of rape.

 

[BlueGin]

I don't agree that poking a hole in a condom takes away a woman's consent to participate in the actual sex act itself. She still said yes.

Definately a fraudulent action. Don't know if I consider it sexual assault though.

 

[Katzndogz]

Rape victim hanged for killing rapist in Iran...

Iran hangs woman convicted of killing alleged rapist
Sat Oct 25, 2014 - A 26-year-old Iranian woman convicted of murdering a man she accused of trying to rape her as a teenager was hanged on Saturday, the official news agency IRNA said, despite international pleas for her life to be spared.

Reyhaneh Jabbari walked to the gallows at dawn on Saturday in Tehran's Evin prison after failing to secure a reprieve from the murder victim's relatives within the 10-day deadline set by sharia law in force since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The death sentence sparked U.S. and European Union condemnation and the government of President Hassan Rouhani, who won election last year on promises of liberal reform at home and easing Iran's isolation abroad, to intervene to get it commuted. Justice Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said in early October that a "good ending" was in sight, but official media reported later that the slain man's family could not be persuaded to approve leniency for Jabbari.

Jabbari was sentenced to death in accordance with Koranic "qisas", or eye for an eye, law after being found guilty of stabbing dead an older man with a kitchen knife in 2007. She had pleaded self-defense but failed to sway judges at various stages of appeal up to Iran's Supreme Court and she remained in prison throughout. Jabbari's last chance of reprieve lay with clerical Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose powers transcend all state mandates. But Khamenei never mentioned the case and has only rarely intervened in court cases regardless of political considerations.

Immediately after Saturday's execution, the Tehran state prosecutor's office issued a statement that appeared aimed at countering sympathy for Jabbari. "Jabbari had repeatedly confessed to premeditated murder, then tried to divert the case from its course by inventing the rape charge," said the statement carried by IRNA. "But all her efforts to feign innocence were proven false in various phases of prosecution. Evidence was firm. She had informed a friend through text message of her intention to kill. It was ascertained that she had purchased the murder weapon, a kitchen knife, two days before committing murder."

"DEEPLY FLAWED TRIAL", SAYS AMNESTY

See also:

U.S. condemns Iran's hanging of alleged rape victim
October 25, 2014 ~ The U.S. State Department on Saturday joined other organizations condemning the execution of an Iranian woman convicted of killing a man she said she stabbed in self-defense during a sexual assault.

Despite a robust international campaign and social media outcry, Reyhaneh Jabbari — convicted of murder in the 2007 death of a former Iranian intelligence agent — was hanged at dawn Saturday in Tehran, according to Iran's official news agency IRNA, "There were serious concerns with the fairness of the trial and the circumstances surrounding this case, including reports of confessions made under severe duress," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement Saturday. "Iranian authorities proceeded with this execution despite pleas from human rights activists and an international outcry over this case."

The United Nations, as well as Amnesty International, and other human rights groups had called for a halt to the execution, which was carried out after the country's Supreme Court upheld the verdict. "We join our voice with those who call on Iran to respect the fair trial guarantees afforded to its people under Iran's own laws and its international obligations," Psaki added.

Iranian Reyhaneh Jabbari is shown on trial in Tehran on Dec. 15, 2008

The court ruling in her 2009 sentence rejected the claim of attempted rape, saying evidence — including the purchase of a knife two days earlier for protection — proved Jabbari plotted to kill Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former employee of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security. "The knife had been inflicted on the back of the deceased, indicating the murder was not self-defense," the court ruling stated. A police investigation found Jabbari sent a text to a friend saying she would kill Sarbandi three days before the incident, according to IRNA.

Amnesty International said Jabbari confessed to the murder immediately after her 2007 arrest, citing self-defense after Sarbandi tried to sexually abuse her. The group called the investigation into Jabbari's claims "deeply flawed." "This is another bloody stain on Iran's human rights record," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International's deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa Program. "The news that Reyhaneh Jabbari has been executed is deeply disappointing in the extreme."

MORE

She killed someone she said tried to rape her. Even if the sexual assault is true, it would be the same in the US. She would be found guilty of murder. We don't hang people here, and seldom execute women; otherwise, it's the same thing.

You really think a woman stabbing a man on time while being raped would result in a murder conviction in the US?

Sure if he died. The man in Iran died. Rape would be a mitigating circumstance here. It isn't in Iran.

 

[CaféAuLait]

Rape victim hanged for killing rapist in Iran...

Iran hangs woman convicted of killing alleged rapist
Sat Oct 25, 2014 - A 26-year-old Iranian woman convicted of murdering a man she accused of trying to rape her as a teenager was hanged on Saturday, the official news agency IRNA said, despite international pleas for her life to be spared.

Reyhaneh Jabbari walked to the gallows at dawn on Saturday in Tehran's Evin prison after failing to secure a reprieve from the murder victim's relatives within the 10-day deadline set by sharia law in force since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The death sentence sparked U.S. and European Union condemnation and the government of President Hassan Rouhani, who won election last year on promises of liberal reform at home and easing Iran's isolation abroad, to intervene to get it commuted. Justice Minister Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi said in early October that a "good ending" was in sight, but official media reported later that the slain man's family could not be persuaded to approve leniency for Jabbari.

Jabbari was sentenced to death in accordance with Koranic "qisas", or eye for an eye, law after being found guilty of stabbing dead an older man with a kitchen knife in 2007. She had pleaded self-defense but failed to sway judges at various stages of appeal up to Iran's Supreme Court and she remained in prison throughout. Jabbari's last chance of reprieve lay with clerical Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose powers transcend all state mandates. But Khamenei never mentioned the case and has only rarely intervened in court cases regardless of political considerations.

Immediately after Saturday's execution, the Tehran state prosecutor's office issued a statement that appeared aimed at countering sympathy for Jabbari. "Jabbari had repeatedly confessed to premeditated murder, then tried to divert the case from its course by inventing the rape charge," said the statement carried by IRNA. "But all her efforts to feign innocence were proven false in various phases of prosecution. Evidence was firm. She had informed a friend through text message of her intention to kill. It was ascertained that she had purchased the murder weapon, a kitchen knife, two days before committing murder."

"DEEPLY FLAWED TRIAL", SAYS AMNESTY

See also:

U.S. condemns Iran's hanging of alleged rape victim
October 25, 2014 ~ The U.S. State Department on Saturday joined other organizations condemning the execution of an Iranian woman convicted of killing a man she said she stabbed in self-defense during a sexual assault.

Despite a robust international campaign and social media outcry, Reyhaneh Jabbari — convicted of murder in the 2007 death of a former Iranian intelligence agent — was hanged at dawn Saturday in Tehran, according to Iran's official news agency IRNA, "There were serious concerns with the fairness of the trial and the circumstances surrounding this case, including reports of confessions made under severe duress," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said in a statement Saturday. "Iranian authorities proceeded with this execution despite pleas from human rights activists and an international outcry over this case."

The United Nations, as well as Amnesty International, and other human rights groups had called for a halt to the execution, which was carried out after the country's Supreme Court upheld the verdict. "We join our voice with those who call on Iran to respect the fair trial guarantees afforded to its people under Iran's own laws and its international obligations," Psaki added.

Iranian Reyhaneh Jabbari is shown on trial in Tehran on Dec. 15, 2008

The court ruling in her 2009 sentence rejected the claim of attempted rape, saying evidence — including the purchase of a knife two days earlier for protection — proved Jabbari plotted to kill Morteza Abdolali Sarbandi, a former employee of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security. "The knife had been inflicted on the back of the deceased, indicating the murder was not self-defense," the court ruling stated. A police investigation found Jabbari sent a text to a friend saying she would kill Sarbandi three days before the incident, according to IRNA.

Amnesty International said Jabbari confessed to the murder immediately after her 2007 arrest, citing self-defense after Sarbandi tried to sexually abuse her. The group called the investigation into Jabbari's claims "deeply flawed." "This is another bloody stain on Iran's human rights record," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International's deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa Program. "The news that Reyhaneh Jabbari has been executed is deeply disappointing in the extreme."

MORE

She killed someone she said tried to rape her. Even if the sexual assault is true, it would be the same in the US. She would be found guilty of murder. We don't hang people here, and seldom execute women; otherwise, it's the same thing.

You really think a woman stabbing a man on time while being raped would result in a murder conviction in the US?

Sure if he died. The man in Iran died. Rape would be a mitigating circumstance here. It isn't in Iran.

I don't agree a woman would be convicted of murder here. Maybe manslaughter at the worst. The DA would most likely never bring a single charge siting self-defense.