Three prisoners released from execution in Andimeshk, Khorramdareh and Rasht prisons
25-July-2020
Category: executions
Breathing in Confinement: Being pardoned by the victim’s families, three prisoners who were sentenced to death for murder in separate cases and were being held in prison in Andimeshk, Khorramdareh, and Rasht, were released from execution.
According to ISNA, a 30-year-old prisoner who 4 years back, had been arrested and sentenced to death on the charge of killing a 60-year-old man with a gun, was saved from death with the consent of blood owners.
In another report, an inmate in Khorramdareh prison, who had been on death row since 2014, for murdering one of his acquaintances, was rescued from execution with the consent of the victim’s family.
And finally, Rokna News Agency, quoting the head of the Rasht Prison Dispute Resolution Council, reported that a prisoner who had been sentenced to death 2 years back, for the murder of an old man, was spared from execution after being granted a pardon by the victim’s relatives.