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After reading the story below I now have very mixed feelings about this kind of capital punishment. It appears to be very brutal but justice was seen to be done.
Iranian serial murderer, Mohammed Bijeh, flogged and hanged in town square
Published on 18 March 2005 | Source: New Criminologist
An Iranian serial killer who savagely raped and murdered at least 16 boys has been executed. Mohammed Bijeh, 23, dubbed the "Tehran desert vampire" was handcuffed to an iron pole and lashed 100 times. He was then taken and hanged before a large, baying crowd, who furiously hurled obscenities and pelted him with stones. There were also several scuffles involving police as people surged forward in an attempt to get at the killer.
Bijeh, had confessed to the series of sexually predatory killings, at trial. The murders he is believed to have been responsible for, occurred between March and September 2004. After molesting and sodomizing his victims - all aged between 8 and 15 years-old - his grisly signature involved burning the young boys' bodies after snuffing out their lives and burying them in shallow graves.
The killer received a death sentence for each murder he confessed to. 100 complimentary lashes from a whip were ordered for the rapes committed.
Bijeh had an accomplice, Ali Gholampour, who in court, was ultimately acquitted of any involvement in the murders. He was however, convicted for the role he played in a number of the boys' abductions. Gholampour had already confessed to this and was sentenced to 100 lashes followed by 15 years imprisonment.
It is understood that the pair lured the children to accompanying them into the desert south of Tehran, by fabricating that they were to hunt animals. When the victims were isolated and vulnerable they were either drugged or physically rendered unconscious, sexually attacked, and murdered. Though Bijeh was convicted of 16 killings it is suspected that the actual toll is much higher.
After being upheld by the Supreme court, the verdict at the trial of Bijeh was enacted in the small, impoverished town of Pakdasht, 30km (19 miles) southeast of the capital Tehran. It is the same town where Bijeh kidnapped his victims.
There were around 5,000 spectators – including many women and children – who gathered to watch the flogging and hanging of Bijeh. Riot police circled the area, anticipating attempts at violence toward the condemned man.
Amidst cries from tearful parents of "Shame on you, Bijeh," rocks and stones were tossed at the convicted murderer as he was flogged, shirtless and bound by his wrists to an iron pole. The man collapsed to his knees several times under the onslaught of the whip.
The 17-year-old brother of victim Rahim Younessi, managed to break through police security and charged at Bijeh with a knife, stabbing at him and wounding his back before police could restrain him.
When the lashing was concluded, Bijeh was unshackled from the pole and escorted to his death. A blue nylon rope-noose was placed around Bijeh's neck, reportedly by the mother of one of his victims, then attached to the hook of a crane.
Hanging by a crane is a common form of execution in Iran and does not involve a swift death as the condemned prisoner's neck is not broken.
The crane's arm lifted upward and Bijeh's body was raised. After jerking spasmodically as he was slowly throttled the man's body finally went limp and dangled. His death drew applause from the crowd.
The body was left suspended from the arm of the crane for approximately 20 minutes minutes, before finally being lowered and pronounced dead by a doctor. For the next half hour there were many ensuant scuffles from members of the crowd as they tried to approach Bijeh's body.
This case has provoked national outrage in Iran due to perceived negligence from law enforcement. Sixteen police officers were reprimanded for dereliction of duty. The Interior Ministry have criticised the police for failing to catch the suspects after the first killing. They claim there was ample evidence at the time that could have led officers to Bijeh.
Many of the people in Pakdasht, supported the hanging.
"Public executions reduce the occurrence of offences," Zahra Khaleghi, a Pakdasht resident, said. "Bijeh destroyed many families. He deserved more than death."
In contrast Dariush Mehraban stated that in his view, public hangings serve only to promote more violence.
"Many criminals have been hanged, but offences have never reduced. It's an ugly scene that a human being is hanged even if he has committed many crimes. Revenge is not the solution," said Merhraban, a member of the crowd who watched the hanging.
Prisoners are hanged in public in Iran only if a court deems that their offences deeply affected public sentiment.
Courts in Iran are controlled by stauch traditionalists. Iranian reformists however, feel public executions damage the country's international image and aslo reflect negatively on Islam.
Iranian serial murderer, Mohammed Bijeh, flogged and hanged in town square
Published on 18 March 2005 | Source: New Criminologist
An Iranian serial killer who savagely raped and murdered at least 16 boys has been executed. Mohammed Bijeh, 23, dubbed the "Tehran desert vampire" was handcuffed to an iron pole and lashed 100 times. He was then taken and hanged before a large, baying crowd, who furiously hurled obscenities and pelted him with stones. There were also several scuffles involving police as people surged forward in an attempt to get at the killer.
Bijeh, had confessed to the series of sexually predatory killings, at trial. The murders he is believed to have been responsible for, occurred between March and September 2004. After molesting and sodomizing his victims - all aged between 8 and 15 years-old - his grisly signature involved burning the young boys' bodies after snuffing out their lives and burying them in shallow graves.
The killer received a death sentence for each murder he confessed to. 100 complimentary lashes from a whip were ordered for the rapes committed.
Bijeh had an accomplice, Ali Gholampour, who in court, was ultimately acquitted of any involvement in the murders. He was however, convicted for the role he played in a number of the boys' abductions. Gholampour had already confessed to this and was sentenced to 100 lashes followed by 15 years imprisonment.
It is understood that the pair lured the children to accompanying them into the desert south of Tehran, by fabricating that they were to hunt animals. When the victims were isolated and vulnerable they were either drugged or physically rendered unconscious, sexually attacked, and murdered. Though Bijeh was convicted of 16 killings it is suspected that the actual toll is much higher.
After being upheld by the Supreme court, the verdict at the trial of Bijeh was enacted in the small, impoverished town of Pakdasht, 30km (19 miles) southeast of the capital Tehran. It is the same town where Bijeh kidnapped his victims.
There were around 5,000 spectators – including many women and children – who gathered to watch the flogging and hanging of Bijeh. Riot police circled the area, anticipating attempts at violence toward the condemned man.
Amidst cries from tearful parents of "Shame on you, Bijeh," rocks and stones were tossed at the convicted murderer as he was flogged, shirtless and bound by his wrists to an iron pole. The man collapsed to his knees several times under the onslaught of the whip.
The 17-year-old brother of victim Rahim Younessi, managed to break through police security and charged at Bijeh with a knife, stabbing at him and wounding his back before police could restrain him.
When the lashing was concluded, Bijeh was unshackled from the pole and escorted to his death. A blue nylon rope-noose was placed around Bijeh's neck, reportedly by the mother of one of his victims, then attached to the hook of a crane.
Hanging by a crane is a common form of execution in Iran and does not involve a swift death as the condemned prisoner's neck is not broken.
The crane's arm lifted upward and Bijeh's body was raised. After jerking spasmodically as he was slowly throttled the man's body finally went limp and dangled. His death drew applause from the crowd.
The body was left suspended from the arm of the crane for approximately 20 minutes minutes, before finally being lowered and pronounced dead by a doctor. For the next half hour there were many ensuant scuffles from members of the crowd as they tried to approach Bijeh's body.
This case has provoked national outrage in Iran due to perceived negligence from law enforcement. Sixteen police officers were reprimanded for dereliction of duty. The Interior Ministry have criticised the police for failing to catch the suspects after the first killing. They claim there was ample evidence at the time that could have led officers to Bijeh.
Many of the people in Pakdasht, supported the hanging.
"Public executions reduce the occurrence of offences," Zahra Khaleghi, a Pakdasht resident, said. "Bijeh destroyed many families. He deserved more than death."
In contrast Dariush Mehraban stated that in his view, public hangings serve only to promote more violence.
"Many criminals have been hanged, but offences have never reduced. It's an ugly scene that a human being is hanged even if he has committed many crimes. Revenge is not the solution," said Merhraban, a member of the crowd who watched the hanging.
Prisoners are hanged in public in Iran only if a court deems that their offences deeply affected public sentiment.
Courts in Iran are controlled by stauch traditionalists. Iranian reformists however, feel public executions damage the country's international image and aslo reflect negatively on Islam.
thebluemonkey said:
Personally I don't think that has any place in a modern society.
Sometimes prison is not enough......
Hindley, Brady, Huntley, etc etc...no mercy for these types of "people".
In my mind they forfeit any rights they has as a human when they cross that particular line.
>> Edited by Deltafox on Saturday 19th March 12:38
Deltafox said:
Sometimes prison is not enough......
Hindley, Brady, Huntley, etc etc...no mercy for these types of "people".
In my mind they forfeit any rights they has as a human when they cross that particular line.
>> Edited by Deltafox on Saturday 19th March 12:38
Maybe but reveling in it and allowing the victims family to help perform it is wrong and frankly barbaric.
Plotloss said:
Time to lock the thread?
I'm open to suggestion but I cant see a reason to at the minute...
How about..
It was already discussed earlier this week....?
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