Recently in Saudi Arabia, a woman was publicly executed for sexually abusing her step daughter and then killing her. This is the fifteenth public execution by beheading since the beginning of this year. Although the crime may fit the penalty, public execution is gruesome and beheading is even more grotesque. Contrast to the USA, Saudi Arabia uses the death penalty for crimes as small as burglary. Knowing the death penalty and the value given on life in different countries is essential to understanding the way of life of different cultures.
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