The Issue of Executions of under-18 in Iran

Emadeddin baghi
Introduction 1
The Issue 2
Analysis of the Issue 3
Correlation of General Ruling of qesas to Children and Adolescents 4
Puberty 4
Puberty and Reason 6
Criteria of Responsibility and Punishment 7
Difference of Growth and Puberty and the Reason for Conditionality of Maturity for Punishment 7
Civil Code 9
Distinction between Sharia puberty and Civil Puberty 9
Prohibition of Qesas for Incidental Murders 10
Heredity and Environment 10
The Dor’ Rule 11
Rule of Domination 12
Expediency of qesas 13
Summation 13
The Issue of Under-18 Executions in Iran – Part II 14
Defendants waiting for execution who were under 18 at the time of the crime 14

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