Associated Press
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia –
A Saudi newspaper says a ministerial committee is looking into formally
dropping public beheadings as a method of execution in the oil-rich kingdom.
Saudi Arabia is the only country in the world where a
death sentence results in beheading in a public square.
The authoritative daily Al-Watan says in its Sunday
edition that the ministerial committee is considering fatal shootings as an
alternative.
There have been calls in the kingdom for replacing public
beheadings with lethal injections carried out in prisons.
The kingdom executes anyone convicted of murder, armed
robbery, rape and trafficking in drugs.
It has executed 15 people so far this year, 76 last year
and 79 in 2011.
There was no official confirmation immediately available
of the newspaper's report.
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