http://www.metafilter.com/tags/bloodmoney Posts tagged with 'bloodmoney' at MetaFilter. Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:47:31 -0800 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:47:31 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/60451/Iranian%2DSupreme%2DCourt%2DAcquits%2DMurderers%2DBecause%2DThey%2DKilled%2Dthe%2DMorally%2DCorrupt <a href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/19/news/tehran.php">Iranian Supreme Court Acquits Murderers Because They Killed the "Morally Corrupt"</a> "Iran's <a href="http://www.iranhrdc.org/english/pdfs/Codes/ThePenalCode.pdf"> Islamic penal code</a>...says murder charges can be dropped if the accused can prove the killing was done because the victim was morally corrupt. ... This is true even if the killer mistakenly identified the victim as corrupt. ... examples of moral corruption that do permit bloodshed, including armed banditry, adultery by a wife and insults to the Prophet Muhammad." tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.60451 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 22:47:31 -0800 bloodmoney crime homicide humanrights iran murder penalcode shivohum