Countries:
Iran
Topics:
Children, Governance

SCE Campaign in Iranian.com wrties that a memorandum has been sent to all bodies of the Judiciary in Iran to stop child executions and instructed Judges to issue a maximum sentence of life imprisonment with possibility of parole after 15 years in lieu of execution.

1 comment

  • Tori

    Does this mean that they have accepted 18 as the age of maturity? Or is it still 9 for girls and 15 for boys?

    # 2008-10-19 at 13:38 pm
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