An Eye for an Eye - Literally.

If you read my post, "I M H O", you know that I believe there are times when a criminal deserves to pay for his crime in the same manner he killed or injured another human being.

This one, I'm conflicted about. This man is a stalker, a mental case. I'm not convinced that blinding him would change anything - especially in that part of the world. Let's face it, someone in his family will be compelled to retaliate (honor-bound) against this girls family. And then her relatives will have to get their revenge. This is how blood feuds start.

Should he go to jail for a very long time? Yes. Should he be made to pay for her support and medical care? Yes. Should he suffer an Eye for an Eye? I'm not so sure.

What do you think?

clipped from www.cnn.com Iranian to be blinded with acid for doing same to woman TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- An Iranian woman, blinded by a jilted stalker who threw acid in her face, has persuaded a court to sentence him to be blinded with acid himself under Islamic law demanding an eye for an eye. Ameneh Bahrami refused to accept "blood money." She insisted instead that her attacker suffer a fate similar to her own "so people like him would realize they do not have the right to throw acid in girls' faces," she told the Tehran Provincial Court. Her attacker, a 27-year-old man identified in court papers as Majid, admitted throwing acid in her face in November 2004, blinding and disfiguring her. He said he loved her and insisted she loved him as well. "I am not willing to get blood money from the defendant, who is still thinking about destroying me and wants to take my eyes out," she told the court. "How could he pretend to be in love? If they let this guy go free, he will definitely kill me."