LongTermGuy
04-23-2018, 09:29 PM
'Cut off hands': Mexican presidential candidate's plan to deter thieves"
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"We have to cut off the hands of those who rob. It's that simple," said the 59-year-old, adding that
he would ask Congress to pass a law backing his idea.
Taken aback, the moderator Azucena Uresti twice asked him if he was speaking literally, before
checking again that he really meant what he had said.
"That's right. That's right," he replied.`
`Crime and corruption are top issues in the election campaign, with candidates under pressure to
offer a way to end massive public graft and lower the number of murders from historic highs.`
"It is not a bad thing, countries that have left corruption behind have done it," said Rodriguez,
without giving details. Saudi Arabia and Iran are among a handful of countries in the world that
permit amputation as a punishment.
It was not immediately clear if the punishment envisaged by Rodriguez would be limited to public
officials convicted of graft or apply to criminals generally."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cut-off-hands-mexican-presidential-candidates-plan-deter-045625061.html
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02464/iran-amputation_2464259c.jpg
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"We have to cut off the hands of those who rob. It's that simple," said the 59-year-old, adding that
he would ask Congress to pass a law backing his idea.
Taken aback, the moderator Azucena Uresti twice asked him if he was speaking literally, before
checking again that he really meant what he had said.
"That's right. That's right," he replied.`
`Crime and corruption are top issues in the election campaign, with candidates under pressure to
offer a way to end massive public graft and lower the number of murders from historic highs.`
"It is not a bad thing, countries that have left corruption behind have done it," said Rodriguez,
without giving details. Saudi Arabia and Iran are among a handful of countries in the world that
permit amputation as a punishment.
It was not immediately clear if the punishment envisaged by Rodriguez would be limited to public
officials convicted of graft or apply to criminals generally."
https://www.yahoo.com/news/cut-off-hands-mexican-presidential-candidates-plan-deter-045625061.html
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02464/iran-amputation_2464259c.jpg