The ghastly sharia.

On 15 August, 2004, Atefah Sahaaleh was hanged in a public square in the Iranian city of Neka.

Her death sentence was imposed for "crimes against chastity".

The state-run newspaper accused her of adultery and described her as 22 years old.

But she was not married - and she was just 16.

It's enough to give kangaroo justice a bad name.

"Execution of a teenage girl." BBC News, 7/27/06.