‘Eye-for-an-eye' punishment is not part of the American legal system as it is under Sharia law.  In countries like Iran, ‘cruel and inhumane' punishment is sanctioned and considered completely legal.  If someone does something like, oh, let's say - throw acid on your face, blinding and disfiguring you for life, by law you're allowed to return the kindness in the exact same way. In Iran, the land of stoning, hand-hacking, and honor killings, Majid Movahedi was "convicted and sentenced for pouring a bucket of acid over Ameneh Bahrami."  Ameneh's crime?  After Movahei stalked and begged for the beautiful young woman to marry him and she refused, Prince Charming responded to being spurned by showering her not with roses, but with acid. As a result, the lovely Bahrami, her clothes and shoes reduced to smoldering ash, was left horrifically disfigured and totally blind. "Two weeks after the attack Movahedi surrendered himself to the...(Read Full Post)