X Contra
2010-08-13 14:56:23

And Md. J. Larijani mentioned in this article is a brother to Sadegh Larijani, an ayatollah who heads up the Iranian judiciary and recently requested permission from the Grand Ayatollah Khamenei to execute 1120 people in Iran’s prisons.

http://planet-iran.com/index.php/news/21119

They say that most of the death sentences are for drug smuggling, not political prisoners, even though in the past year they have filled the prisons to 6x normal capacity.

But no, none of those death warrants are for political activists.

Reminds me of something young Abraham Lincoln observed once when visiting an Illinois jail. Every single prisoner in that jail was innocent!

Or how about Baghdad Bob? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s27Oq5ot0ZI