[Deathpenalty] death penalty news----worldwide

[Rick Halperin]

April 22




IRAQ----new death sentences

Iraqi court sentences 4 Daesh terrorists to death

An Iraqi court has sentenced 4 members of Daesh organization to death by 
hanging over their participation in terrorist attacks in Iraq and Syria.

The Karkh Criminal Court in Baghdad handed Daesh terrorists the death penalty 
for conducting a number of terrorist attacks against security forces and 
civilians in Iraq and Syria with the purpose to destabilize the security 
situation there, Alghad Press website quoted the Supreme Judicial Council media 
center as stating in a press statement on Sunday.

The statement emphasized, "Despite their arrest in Syria, the terrorists were 
tried in Iraq after having been handed over by the Syrian Democratic Forces for 
being wanted by Iraqi judiciary".

Iraqi courts have sentenced a number of Daesh terrorists, including a big 
number of female members, to death over participating with the terrorist 
organization.

(source: menafn.com)