Unusual Sentence for Teenage Criminal

A judge in southern Iran has sentenced a teenager charged with carrying illicit drugs to learn Islamic rules instead of going to jail.

An Iranian teenage criminal was arrested for carrying 10 grams of heroin in Shiraz, southern Iran, and he was expecting to receive a prison term, but the judge of Shiraz Criminal Court Number 2 decided to give him a noncustodial sentence

According to a Farsi report by Khabar Online, the boy was condemned to learn the religious rules of Islam for 5 years instead of being imprisoned.

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