Iran hangs 40 people in just two weeks: Amnesty

Tehran is a long way from Toronto but it’s still close enough to feel the chill of the blood-thirsty judicial system in that Islamic state. They are said to be so busy perfecting the human race over there that they have executed a total of 40 people since the beginning of 2014, with at least 33 executions carried out in the past week alone. The report comes from Amnesty International. Many of these were people accused of using drugs. Sometimes the death penalty in Iran takes place in public with the condemned person being yanked up by a crane.