The payment of "blood money" spared 358 Iranians from execution last year, the country's prosecutor general said on Monday. The practice, made possible under the Islamic sharia law of diya (restitution), allows a convict to be pardoned by a victim's family if they receive financial recompense. The 358 cases fell in the last Iranian calendar year, between March 2013 and March 2014, the Fars news agency quoted prosecutor general Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie as saying. According to the United Nations, more than 170 people have been executed in Iran since the beginning of 2014.
05-01-2014, 12:22 AM
Iran says 'blood money' saved 358 from death penalty
The payment of "blood money" spared 358 Iranians from execution last year, the country's prosecutor general said on Monday. The practice, made possible under the Islamic sharia law of diya (restitution), allows a convict to be pardoned by a victim's family if they receive financial recompense. The 358 cases fell in the last Iranian calendar year, between March 2013 and March 2014, the Fars news agency quoted prosecutor general Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejeie as saying. According to the United Nations, more than 170 people have been executed in Iran since the beginning of 2014.
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