Via CNN: “An Iranian woman, blinded by a jilted stalker who threw acid in her face, has persuaded a court to sentence him to be blinded with acid himself under Islamic law demanding an eye for an eye… Her attacker… admitted throwing acid in her face in November 2004.”
Gizmodo has an excellent array of Kim Jong-il photos; In Which We Provoke Kim Jong Il in 77 Offensive and Hilarious Ways. Some are sure to become often used classics.
- #Missed it on the 30th as I was working late, but it's now been four years since DPRK Studies has been in blog format.
- #From the Japan Times: "Yasushi Chimura and his wife, Fukie, abducted by North Korea in 1978 but repatriated in 2002, expressed relief Friday that their children [now ages 27, 25, and 21] are adapting smoothly to Japanese life as they marked the fifth anniversary of their arrival in Japan."
- #Via the NYT: "Former President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea, who had been under criminal investigation for corruption, died on Saturday from a fall while hiking on a hill near his retirement home... it was unclear whether the fall was accidental or whether Mr. Roh had committed suicide ... Roh left a will, indicating that the death might have been a suicide." While the man never should have been president, it's sad to see what likely was a suicide.
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December 15th, 2008 at 6:50 am
I love this eye for an eye law. I didn’t know such a law was used anywhere. I always said I wished we had it here for all those child torturers/rapists etc. Forget jail time, mutilate them with no anesthesia. Maybe they might think twice. OFF WITH THE PE%!$3$. You dismember a child you get it back.
December 15th, 2008 at 6:59 am
This is just what America needs!!!! We are way too soft
December 15th, 2008 at 8:13 am
Give the Islamic Republic some credit.
The purpose of penalties should be to deter crime — this seems much more of a deterrent than 10 years in jail, where the criminal would be harden and from where he would leave angrier and with street cred.
December 15th, 2008 at 11:17 am
Where is the Useless, UN human rights watch on this one? Or do they only condemn people who fight terrorists and people like this man who blinded and disfigured a women. Get your damn priorities straight, and stop the slaughters and genocides in Africa and the muslim nations….and stop wasting time and money on watching how the good nations of this world defend and fight terrorism. Otherwise, the money wasting, useless, impotent and incompetent U.N should be dismantled.
December 15th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
I should be clear; this is a clear-cut case where she says he did it and he says he did it. No ambiguity.
Should also note that this “Islamic law” come out of the Old Testament.
December 16th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
I am personally against “an eye for an eye” type of justice, if it can be called that.
I much prefer “two eyes for an eye” type of justice whereby if person A pokes out an eye of person B, then person B gets to poke out both eyes of person A.
See, THAT, now, is real deterrent. Why would you face the prospect of having both of yours eyes poked out when you get to poke out only one of his eyes?
And, yes, I am being facetious.