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"Under shari'a law, which is the legal system in Iran, a girl is considered a woman at age nine and a boy is considered a man at age 15," Afshin-Jam told the Georgia Straight. "What we've noticed is if there is a child offender, they wait till these children turn 18 and then they execute them." "Under shari'a law, which is the legal system in Iran, a girl is considered a woman at age nine and a boy is considered a man at age 15," Afshin-Jam told the Georgia Straight. "What we've noticed is if there is a child offender, they wait till these children turn 18 and then they execute them."
-Afshin-Jam, a former Miss World Canada and runner-up to Miss World 2003, wants Iran to abide by its obligations to the two international core treaties banning child executions: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Covenant on the Rights of the Child. Her Web site ( [www.stopchildexecutions.com/] ) has identified 27 juvenile offenders, several of whom are known only by their first names, who are facing death.+Afshin-Jam, a former Miss World Canada and runner-up to Miss World 2003, wants Iran to abide by its obligations to the two international core treaties banning child executions: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Covenant on the Rights of the Child. Her Web site ( (<a href="http://www.stopchildexecutions.com/" title="www.stopchildexecutions.com/">www.stopchildexecutions.com/</a>) ) has identified 27 juvenile offenders, several of whom are known only by their first names, who are facing death.
"I'm against the death penalty altogether, and it just even makes it worse to execute someone who may be of an age where they don't fully understand their action," she said. "If you make a mistake, you have to learn your mistake, but I don't believe execution is the answer. I don't think we could play God in some way and decide the life of someone else." "I'm against the death penalty altogether, and it just even makes it worse to execute someone who may be of an age where they don't fully understand their action," she said. "If you make a mistake, you have to learn your mistake, but I don't believe execution is the answer. I don't think we could play God in some way and decide the life of someone else."
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Updated child executions in Iran
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"Under shari'a law, which is the legal system in Iran, a girl is considered a woman at age nine and a boy is considered a man at age 15," Afshin-Jam told the Georgia Straight. "What we've noticed is if there is a child offender, they wait till these children turn 18 and then they execute them." "Under shari'a law, which is the legal system in Iran, a girl is considered a woman at age nine and a boy is considered a man at age 15," Afshin-Jam told the Georgia Straight. "What we've noticed is if there is a child offender, they wait till these children turn 18 and then they execute them."
-Afshin-Jam, a former Miss World Canada and runner-up to Miss World 2003, wants Iran to abide by its obligations to the two international core treaties banning child executions: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Covenant on the Rights of the Child. Her Web site ( [www.stopchildexecutions.com/] ) has identified 27 juvenile offenders, several of whom are known only by their first names, who are facing death.+Afshin-Jam, a former Miss World Canada and runner-up to Miss World 2003, wants Iran to abide by its obligations to the two international core treaties banning child executions: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Covenant on the Rights of the Child. Her Web site ([www.stopchildexecutions.com/]) has identified 27 juvenile offenders, several of whom are known only by their first names, who are facing death.
"I'm against the death penalty altogether, and it just even makes it worse to execute someone who may be of an age where they don't fully understand their action," she said. "If you make a mistake, you have to learn your mistake, but I don't believe execution is the answer. I don't think we could play God in some way and decide the life of someone else." "I'm against the death penalty altogether, and it just even makes it worse to execute someone who may be of an age where they don't fully understand their action," she said. "If you make a mistake, you have to learn your mistake, but I don't believe execution is the answer. I don't think we could play God in some way and decide the life of someone else."
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Updated child executions in Iran
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"Under shari'a law, which is the legal system in Iran, a girl is considered a woman at age nine and a boy is considered a man at age 15," Afshin-Jam told the Georgia Straight. "What we've noticed is if there is a child offender, they wait till these children turn 18 and then they execute them." "Under shari'a law, which is the legal system in Iran, a girl is considered a woman at age nine and a boy is considered a man at age 15," Afshin-Jam told the Georgia Straight. "What we've noticed is if there is a child offender, they wait till these children turn 18 and then they execute them."
-Afshin-Jam, a former Miss World Canada and runner-up to Miss World 2003, wants Iran to abide by its obligations to the two international core treaties banning child executions: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Covenant on the Rights of the Child. Her Web site ( [www.stopchildexecutions.com/] ) has identified 27 juvenile offenders, several of whom are known only by their first names, who are facing death.+Afshin-Jam, a former Miss World Canada and runner-up to Miss World 2003, wants Iran to abide by its obligations to the two international core treaties banning child executions: the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Covenant on the Rights of the Child. Her Web site (www.stopchildexecutions.com/) has identified 27 juvenile offenders, several of whom are known only by their first names, who are facing death.
"I'm against the death penalty altogether, and it just even makes it worse to execute someone who may be of an age where they don't fully understand their action," she said. "If you make a mistake, you have to learn your mistake, but I don't believe execution is the answer. I don't think we could play God in some way and decide the life of someone else." "I'm against the death penalty altogether, and it just even makes it worse to execute someone who may be of an age where they don't fully understand their action," she said. "If you make a mistake, you have to learn your mistake, but I don't believe execution is the answer. I don't think we could play God in some way and decide the life of someone else."

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