In this occupation, they don't want any hack work. (gallows humor?) On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:18 PM, Arthur Cordell <[email protected]>wrote:
> RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — A Saudi newspaper says a ministerial committee is > looking into formally dropping public beheadings as a method of execution > in the oil-rich kingdom because it can’t find enough swordsmen. **** > > ** ** > > Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world where a death sentence > results in beheading in a public square.**** > > ** ** > > A government committee argues that a change to execution by firing squad > would be fine under the laws of Islam, the Saudi daily newspaper al-Youm > reports.**** > > ** ** > > “This solution seems practical, especially in light of shortages in > official swordsmen or their belated arrival to execution yards in some > incidents,” the committee said in a statement. **** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > > http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/03/12/lack-of-swordsmen-leads-saudi-arabia-to-consider-dropping-public-beheadings-as-method-of-execution/ > **** > > ** ** > > _______________________________________________ > Futurework mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > -- Cheers, Tom Walker (Sandwichman)
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