Suspected Taliban Sentenced to Death - Democratic Underground

shawn703

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Sat May-29-04 09:24 PM
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Suspected Taliban Sentenced to Death

A suspected Taliban militant has been sentenced to death for a bombing in January that killed 13 children and two adults, a justice official said Saturday, amid an outcry over Afghanistan's return to capital punishment.
Abdul Ajan has appealed his conviction and sentence to a higher court, a month after Afghanistan carried out its first execution since the fall of the hardline Taliban regime, which drew international condemnation.

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http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040529_1264.html

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Mom_and_Dad

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Sat May-29-04 09:42 PM
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1. Bush's Family Values

Afghanistan is embracing the example set by * when he was Governor of Texas.
If someone is guilty of this kind of crime I say "lock them up for life". I can never condone use of the death penalty.

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Darranar

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Sat May-29-04 09:44 PM
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2. More "liberation." n/t

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