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Opponents of adultery laws argue that these laws maintain social norms which justify violence, discrimination and oppression of women; in the form of state sanctioned forms of violence such as stoning, flogging or hanging for adultery; or in the form of individual acts of violence committed against women by husbands or relatives, such as honor ...
Stoning, or lapidation, is a method of capital punishment where a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies from blunt trauma. It has been attested as a form of punishment for grave misdeeds since ancient times. Stoning appears to have been the standard method of capital punishment in ancient Israel. [1]
Stoned may refer to: . Substance intoxication, particularly cannabis intoxication; Petrification, process of organic matter turning into stone; Stoning, a form of punishment where a group throws stones at the victim
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Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the “Protect Illinois Communities Act” into law Tuesday. Here’s what gun owners in the state need to know.
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Please change the text in the UAE section to say, “Since 2020, stoning is no longer a legal method for carrying out executions following an amendment to the Federal Penal Code. Before 2020, stoning was the default method for execution for adultery, and several people were sentenced to death by stoning.”