Hands Off Cain
NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·FEBRUARY 19, 2008
Iran

Mohammad Latif, 18, whose death sentence had been approved...

Mohammad Latif, 18, whose death sentence had been approved...

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Mohammad Latif, 18, whose death sentence had been approved by the supreme court, will not be executed, reported the state run Fars news agency. Mohammad Latif was convicted of a murder when he was 14 years and 11 months old, and was about to be executed soon. But according to his lawyer, Mohammad Mostafaei, the family of the offended agreed to forgive Mohammad Latif unconditionally, said the report. It means that Mohammad Latif will not be executed, but it is not yet known what his sentence will be. According to the Iranian daily newspaper Etemad, Mohammad Latif’s lawyer had previously sent a letter to the head of the judiciary pointing out the fact that Latif’s death sentence was not in accordance with the Sharia.
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  • (Sources: Iran Human rights, 19/02/2008)