As with the story of the poor little puppy dog being stoned to death by a religious court in Israel.

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Kobi Mandell and Yosef Ish-Ran were also 13 when they were stoned to death by a mob as they gathered wood for a bonfire in 2001.

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In August 2010, the Afghan authorities released a video showing a couple being stoned to death in Northern Kunduz province after a Taliban court found them guilty of adultery.

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In the course of this interview she mentioned Nadia Anjuman, an Afghan poetess killed in November 2005, and Amina of Badakhshan, a young woman reportedly stoned to death for having an extra-marital affair in April 2005.

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And just a case and point, Steve, just in the last couple of days, three police officers were stoned to death in western Kenya by people who were suspecting that these police officers were representing government efforts to rig the election.

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