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  2. Stoning - Wikipedia

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    The method of stoning set out in the 2008 code was similar to that in a 1999 ... An Iraqi man was stoned to death by ... This page was last edited on 17 ...

  3. Capital punishment in Judaism - Wikipedia

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    Death by stoning (סקילה, skila) was issued for the transgression of one of eighteen crimes, among which being those who wantonly transgressed the Sabbath day by breaking its laws (excluding those who may have broken the Sabbath laws unintentionally), as well as a male who had a licentious connection with another male. [63]

  4. The Lottery - Wikipedia

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    The Lottery is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in The New Yorker on June 26, 1948. [a] The story describes a fictional small American community that observes an annual tradition known as "the lottery", which is intended to ensure a good harvest and purge the town of bad omens.

  5. Stoning in Islam - Wikipedia

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    The punishment of stoning/Rajm or capital punishment for adultery is unique in Islamic law in that it conflicts with the Qur'anic prescription for premarital and extramarital sex [9] [1] found in Surah An-Nur, 2: "The woman and the man guilty of adultery or fornication — flog each of them with a hundred stripes."

  6. Lynching of Deborah Yakubu - Wikipedia

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    On 12 May 2022, Deborah Samuel Yakubu, a second-year Christian college student, was stoned to death by a mob of Muslim students in Sokoto, Nigeria, after being accused of blasphemy against Islam. [3] The muslim suspects arrested were charged with "Criminal conspiracy and incitement of public disturbance", bailable offences with a maximum 2 year ...

  7. List of most recent executions by jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    Last execution date Name Crime Method C Abkhazia: never used: A Albania: 29 June 1995 [citation needed] murder hanging: A Andorra: 18 October 1943 [153] [154] Pere Areny murder: firing squad: A Armenia: 30 August 1991 [153] unnamed man murder: single firearm: A Austria: 24 March 1950 [153] Johann Trnka: murder: hanging: A Azerbaijan: 1993 [155 ...

  8. The Entombment of Christ (Lotto) - Wikipedia

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    The man is wearing an orange vest bound at the waist by a white sash. Under the vest is a white shirt, and he wears a large turban. At the foot of the tomb, another man is dropping the sheet under the body, with difficulty. [5] He wears a military uniform covered by a blue mantle, also bound at the waist, and leather sandels.

  9. Last Man Standing (1996 film) - Wikipedia

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    Last Man Standing was a box-office bomb, grossing $18.1 million domestically (United States and Canada), and $29.2 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $47.3 million, against a budget of $67 million. [5]