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Saudi Arabia advertises for eight new executioners

Posted: Mon, 18 May 2015 23:45:02
by Greybeard
Saudi Arabia is advertising for eight new executioners, recruiting extra staff to carry out an increasing number of death sentences, usually done by public beheading.

No special qualifications are needed for the jobs whose main role is "executing a judgement of death" but also involve performing amputations on those convicted of lesser offences, the advert, posted on the civil service jobs portal, said.

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent ... oners.aspx

Re: Saudi Arabia advertises for eight new executioners

Posted: Tue, 19 May 2015 08:00:04
by dorminWS
"Saudi authorities have not said why the number of executions has increased so rapidly, but diplomats have speculated it may be because more judges have been appointed, allowing a backlog of appeal cases to be heard."
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Getting ready for an ISIL insurgency, maybe?