Sakineh Mohamamadi Ashtiani, an Iranian woman is sentenced to be stoned to death at any time, and a human rights group and her family are trying to stop it from happening. She was convicted in 2006 of committing adultery with two men, and upon appeal the decision was upheld in 2007. Fox News reported that the two men were involved in killing her husband.
According to Ashtiani, 42, she received 99 lashes and was forced to confess, and afterwards attempted to retract that confession. She has been in jail since 2005, and has denied the adultery. She has two children, Fasride, 16, and Sajjad, 20, who have been trying to get her released with the help of human rights groups.
Death by stoning takes place with the convicted buried up to the chest, and stones are thrown at the head. The stones are large enough to cause immediate pain, but not too large kill right away, according to Amnesty International.
According to Ashtiani's lawyer her execution is imminent, reported Fox News.
Amnesty International tracks death penalty cases that happen around the world, and they said that 126 people have been executed in Iran so far this year through June 6, according to CNN.
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Sources: CNN and Fox News
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I pray that this horrible stoning of the Iranian woman does NOT take place.How extreme and barbaric, and these are people we allow into our country OPENLY and freely and they are not Human like we, yet they fill the schools HERE like Pepperdine University in Malibu Calif. Three years I attended and I was a minority as the school was mostly Iranians????????????Why??? THEIR MONEY....How Sick....STOP THIS STONING BY DEMAND OR TOSS ALL THE IRANIAN STUDENTS OUT.
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