Hands Off Cain
NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·JANUARY 15, 2017
Iran

A juvenile prisoner who was convicted of murder at the age of 16, was executed in Kerman (southeastern Iran).

A juvenile prisoner who was convicted of murder at the age of 16, was executed in Kerman (southeastern Iran).

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A juvenile prisoner who was convicted of murder at the age of 16, was executed in Kerman (southeastern Iran).
"Arman Bahr Asemani, born February 10, 1997, convicted in November 2012 of murdering his cousin, was hanged at Kerman's Shahab Prison," a close source tells Iran Human Rights.
"Bahr Asemani, who was 20 years old at the time of his execution, had also been condemned to 74 lashings on the charge of consumption of alcohol. Hs lawyer had attempted to argue that if [Arman] was drunk, then he should not have been charged with first degree murder, but the lawyer never got anywhere," says the close source.
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  • (Source: Iran Human Rights, January 29, 2017)