For there is hope for a tree, If it is cut down, that it will sprout again, that the tender branch of it will not cease.

For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

She was the first German mother to suffer the death penalty since the beginning of the regime.

Sadly, however, the period has not been without its share of tragedies.

Saudi Arabia executes 47 on terrorism charges, including Shiite cleric Nemer al Nemer state news agency Ahmed Al Omran ( ahmed) January 2, 2016

(j) Not to execute any person as long as any related legal procedure, at the international or at the national level, is pending

This is difficult to reconcile with lending to a country like Iran, which publicly executes individuals for sexual deviance, imprisons women who protest peacefully, and silences journalists who are critical of the regime.

Upon our persistence, the Lebanese contacted their Syrian counterparts again, who changed their story and stated that indeed the women is in Syria and that she was about to be hanged, but at the last moment, the verdict was canceled.

More than 130 countries have abolished the death penalty. Twenty five countries have it on the books, but have not executed anyone for decades.