Stoning - Wikipedia 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
Disturbing Footage Emerges Of Taliban Stoning In Afghanistan RFE RL's Radio Free Afghanistan has obtained video footage from an eyewitness that appears to show the brutal stoning last week of a 19-year-old Afghan woman in the central province of Ghor
Where is stoning legal, and how is it done? - NBC News In the Muslim world, stoning is a relatively rare means of punishing those who commit adultery (zina al-mohsena) under Islamic Law It is considered a form of community justice and has its fair
Death by Stoning: Why Is This Sickening Punishment Legal? These stones are large enough that they will cause life-ending damage, but not too big to kill her on impact The stoning is meant to be a slow, painful, and deliberate death
The Act of Stoning - Bible Hub Stoning is a form of capital punishment mentioned frequently in the Bible, primarily within the context of the Old Testament law It was a communal method of execution, where the community participated in carrying out the sentence by throwing stones at the condemned individual until death ensued
What Happens in a Typical Stoning? - An Injustice! In a typical stoning, a woman is placed in the hole up to her neck with her hands buried If the guilty is a man, he is buried in the hole up to his waist And like a modern-day Hunger Games, if the convicted can get out of the hole… the punishment ceases
Graphic Video of Fatal Stoning Shows Talibans Strength That's a dispassionate description of video of the first documented stoning in Afghanistan since the Taliban were in power, which took place in October The video is shocking and nauseating, and most people who watch an unedited version of the footage need to look away
Stoning - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stoning or lapidation is a form of capital punishment: a group of people throws stones at the convicted person, until this person dies Today, it is mostly used in countries which follow sharia law