{"id":2160541,"date":"2007-10-08T08:02:47","date_gmt":"2007-10-08T00:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/?p=2160541"},"modified":"2023-04-13T05:30:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T05:30:10","slug":"october-10-world-day-against-death-penalty-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stopchildexecutions.com\/scenewsarchive\/2007\/10\/08\/october-10-world-day-against-death-penalty-2\/","title":{"rendered":"October 10: World Day against death penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" src=\"http:\/\/img.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2007\/07_03\/hanging20208_468x343.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p>&#160;<\/p>\n<p><em><font size=\"1\">September 2007: Tehran, Iran. 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