Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Stoning -A cruel capital punishment

Stoning, or lapidation, refers to a form of capital punishment whereby an organized group throws stones at an individual until the person dies.


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Stoning has been used throughout history in a number of places, both in the form of community justice and also as a judicial form of capital punishment. The practice is referred to in Islam, Christian, and Jewish texts of antiquity.

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