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FALQs: Execution by Stoning and Privacy Laws Related to Sexual Crimes in Iran and Afghanistan

Posted by: Kelly Buchanan

The following is a guest post by Barry Lerner, an editor in the Global Legal Research Directorate of the Law Library of Congress. This blog post is part of our Frequently Asked Legal Questions series. From time to time, there are news articles or reports of stoning being used as a punishment for certain crimes in Iran …