There are 71 child criminals on death row in Iran.

pictured: she was stoned to death

June 27, 2007
Iran executes children: where is the NYT report on this?
Ed LaskyAccording to Amnesty International, as reported in the Washington Post today, there are 71 child criminals on death row in Iran:
"In a troubling report on the execution of minors in Iran, Amnesty International said yesterday that at least 71 child offenders are on death row and more than 24 have been executed since 1990, more than in any other country."

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WaPo uses the word "troubling" - executing children is "troubling."

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"Defendants younger than 18 are being hanged after swift decisions and hurried procedures, said the report, "Iran: The Last Executioner of Children." Of the 24 child offenders reported executed, 11 were still younger than 18 at the time of their deaths.
The 41-page report lists names and details of each known case but says the actual number of executions was higher because many death penalty cases in Iran go unreported. In the last three years, only three other countries used the death penalty against minors: China executed one child offender in 2004, Sudan executed two in 2005 and Pakistan executed one in 2006."

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All members in good standing at the UN.

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So what about the New York Times? That newspaper abhors the death penalty. Today's article on Iran extols "The Cherries of Persia", written by their distinguished journalist covering the Iran beat...

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2007/06/iran_executes_children_where_i.html