Iranian to be blinded with acid for doing same to woman

[pegwinn]

Notwithstanding my dislike of Iran in general I must commend thier court system in this particular case.

Iranian to be blinded with acid for doing same to woman

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- An Iranian woman, blinded by a jilted stalker who threw acid in her face, has persuaded a court to sentence him to be blinded with acid himself under Islamic law demanding an eye for an eye.

Ameneh Bahrami refused to accept "blood money." She insisted instead that her attacker suffer a fate similar to her own "so people like him would realize they do not have the right to throw acid in girls' faces," she told the Tehran Provincial Court.

Her attacker, a 27-year-old man identified in court papers as Majid, admitted throwing acid in her face in November 2004, blinding and disfiguring her. He said he loved her and insisted she loved him as well.

He has until early this week to appeal the sentence.

Doctors say there is no chance Bahrami will recover her vision, despite repeated operations, including medical care in Spain partially paid for by Iran's reformist former president, Mohammed Khatami, who was in power when the attack took place.

Majid said he was still willing to marry Bahrami, but she ruled out the possibility and urged that he remain locked up.

"I am not willing to get blood money from the defendant, who is still thinking about destroying me and wants to take my eyes out," she told the court. "How could he pretend to be in love? If they let this guy go free, he will definitely kill me."

Bahrami told the court that Majid's mother had repeatedly tried to arrange a marriage between the two after Majid met Bahrami at university.

She rejected the offer, not even sure at first who the suitor was. Her friends told her he was a man who had once harassed her in class, leading to an argument between them.

But he refused to accept her rejection, she said, going to her workplace and threatening her.

Finally, she lied and told him she had married someone else and that "it would be better all around if he would leave [her] alone."

She told the court that she reported the conversation to police, saying he had threatened her with "burning for the rest of my life" -- but they said they could not act until a crime had been committed.

Two days later, on November 2, 2004, as she was walking home from work, she became aware of a man following her. She slowed, then stopped to let him pass.

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[PoliticalChic]

I'm for that. An eye for an eye.

Reminds me of Burt Pugach, a Jewish New York lawyer who sent his girlfriend a box full of lye after being jilted. He served time in prison, but when he came out the girlfriend married him! Go figure. It's a true story that was made into a movie, appropriately entitled "Crazy Love."

Crazy Love - Film - Report - New York Times

 

[Sunni Man]

I wish murder and rape victims families were given knives and 30 minutes in a locked room with the convicted criminal chained to the wall.

 

[Makedde]

I wish murder and rape victims families were given knives and 30 minutes in a locked room with the convicted criminal chained to the wall.

Best thing you've said so far, Sunni!

 

[William Joyce]

I wish murder and rape victims families were given knives and 30 minutes in a locked room with the convicted criminal chained to the wall.

The idea appeals to me, but I have to reject it. Civilized societies put punishment in the hands of a central authority. The blood feuds of old had a way going on forever.

 

[FistyTheBadger]

I am in favor of this ruling.

 

[KMAN]

Where is the liberal outrage?????? There should be people protesting this in Iran...