- Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani has been freed -

[olivia8143]

Admit to not following this but I thought she was up for the murder of her husband.

Quoted from Amnesty Internation's site (maybe you should visit it Astral)
During her trial, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani retracted a ‘confession’ that she had made during her pre-trial interrogation. Sakineh alleged that she had been forced to make the ‘confession’ under duress, and denied the charge of adultery. Two of the five judges found her not guilty, noting that she had already been flogged and adding that they did not find the necessary proof of adultery in the case against her. However, the three other judges - including the presiding judge - found her guilty on the basis of ‘the knowledge of the judge’, a provision in Iranian law that allows judges to make their own subjective, and possibly arbitrary, determination whether an accused person is guilty even in the absence of clear or conclusive evidence. Having been convicted by a majority of the five judges, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was sentenced to death by stoning.

[TonyBridger]

Admit to not following this but I thought she was up for the murder of her husband.

You are correct. She was sentenced to hanging for colluding with her lover in the murder of her husband. The other sentence of stoning for adultery has been suspended.

Although authorities in Iran then said her stoning sentence had been suspended she still faced a death sentence for the 2005 murder of her husband.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz18Ag5pNsu

[bykimbo]

The paperwork showing that she was found not guilty of the murder charge is alleged to have mysteriously vanished. There is a lot more to this story than can really be taken in with a cursory glance, I'm afraid.

[astral276]

The paperwork showing that she was found not guilty of the murder charge is alleged to have mysteriously vanished. There is a lot more to this story than can really be taken in with a cursory glance, I'm afraid.

And it is impossible to gain an unbiased and true account of what is going on. Every source of information is working to their own agenda and slants the story to suit their own ends.

[moonwitch]

Admit to not following this but I thought she was up for the murder of her husband.

She was also accused by the Islamic Republic of having conspired with the murderer of her husband

I wouldn't think that being accused by the Islamic Republic means anything like being charged for something in any civilised country

[bykimbo]

And it is impossible to gain an unbiased and true account of what is going on. Every source of information is working to their own agenda and slants the story to suit their own ends.

Welcome to the wonderful world of news reporting.

[astral276]

Welcome to the wonderful world of news reporting.

Not just the media. Everybody has their own vested interests in how the story is presented - including Amnesty.