DC: Saudi Arabia executed and then crucified a man in the holy city of Mecca on Wednesday, employing a rare form of punishment the kingdom uses for grave crimes.
Elias Abulkalaam Jamaleddeen was accused of breaking into the home of a woman from Myanmar and stabbing her to death, Bloomberg reported, citing the Saudi Interior Ministry.
He was further charged with attempting to rape a separate woman and kill a man whose house he also broke into.
Saudi Arabia frequently uses the death penalty for a range of crimes including murder, adultery and apostasy, but crucifixions are much rarer. Crucifixions in the kingdom often entail hanging a body in public after the condemned has been beheaded. more here
Sounds like a lot of work. Just shoot him.
We’d have far fewer rapes and murders if we did that. Rape used to be a hanging offense in this country before liberals twisted the laws. Now thousands of rapists and murderers prowl the streets.
I think those guys really enjoy killing, so they make trophies out of their victims.
The response just came in from the Pope:
Crucifixion before execution is a punishment.
Crucifixion AFTER execution is just an art exhibit.
Do the harsh punishments deter crime? If so, success.
I am sure there are checks and balances, but probably not to the ridiculous extent the US does.
Here in the US, liberal courts would have offered him a university teaching position and a complimentary bike lock.
I’m with Vet. It’s hard to root for these guys against Canada when they can’t even get a 2000 year old form of capital punishment right.
Execute before crucifixion? ……Seriously?
Everyone involved ends up looking retarded. They should stick with rocks. Stoning to death is a level of technology these people can handle.
He was executed for that?
Oh. Nevermind…