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veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

I guess all the newspapers and TV news shows were uninformed then. It was considered quite the story at the time (and one of my sources was high up police official). I would suspect that the fact that the convicted were VIPs, the news gets washed. Just like when there was an attempt on the life of a princess in a bathroom at SQU. It was a major story at the time, but within a couple weeks. It. never. happened. In spite of the fact that friends entered the blood covered bathroom minutes after it happened and visited her in the hospital. But... according to the powers what be... it. never. happened.

VS

johnslat · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2011 3:37 pm Post subject:

Well, not recently, anyway - but it's still on the books:

"The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws of the Sultanate of Oman, which make reference to Sharia law.

January 1, 2008: The death penalty is provided for under the penal laws of the Sultanate of Oman, which make reference to Sharia law.
The criminal court in Oman cannot issue a sentence of capital punishment without the consent of all judges presiding the court and the implementation of a death sentence cannot be carried out before ratification by the Sultan.
Execution of pregnant women is delayed till birth. If the child is alive, the execution is delayed for two years for breast-feeding, but if the same child dies, execution is implemented 40 days after the date of death.
Executions cannot take place on public holidays and Eid-ul-Fitr, the festival that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting.
On March 6, 1999, through a royal decree, Oman introduced the death penalty for drug traffickers and users in a move mainly aimed at halting the use of the Sultanate as a trans-shipment point for drug smugglers. One person was executed in 1999. In 2001, there were at least 14 executions. No other executions are known to have taken place.
On December 18, 2007 Oman voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty at the UN General Assembly"

http://www.handsoffcain.info/news/index.php?iddocumento=10001598

"Sultanate of Oman (Oman) [1]

Information Current As Of: 05-February-2011

General
Geographical Region
Asia (Western Asia). [2]

Death Penalty Law Status
Retentionist.

Oman�s last executions were during 2001. [3]

Method(s) of Execution
Hanging."

http://www.deathpenaltyworldwide.org/countrySearchPost.cfm?country=Oman

Regards,
John

Space Teacher · Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 36

Have any educators/facilatators/Kavet invigilators been executed lately? Wink

Sleepwalker · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 454 Location: Reading the screen

No, just stabbed in the back.

Space Teacher · Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 36

urbanversion · Joined: 27 Jan 2011 Posts: 426

But backstabbing especially by the western species, both male and female, of the saw scaled viper will never end...esp in a certain place called Awzin.

Sleepwalker · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 454 Location: Reading the screen

What or where is Awzin?

StampLover · Joined: 14 Dec 2010 Posts: 83 Location: Salalah, Oman

Spell it backwards.

Sleepwalker · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Posts: 454 Location: Reading the screen

Ahhhhh

johnslat · Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:25 pm Post subject:

Dear StampLover,

Spell it backwards.

OK - ti.

Regards,
John