Saudi Arabia Breaks Record for Number of Beheadings In Only 5 Months

Last year, Saudi Arabia broke its own record for executions in the modern era by beheading 87 people. As horrific as that statistic is, the American ally is currently on track to more than double that number in 2015. In fact, 2014’s number of beheadings in Saudi Arabia has now been surpassed with the most recent slayings of Saudi nationals Awad al-Rowaili and Lafi al-Shammary, both of whom were convicted of smuggling amphetamines.

Saudi Arabia’s state-ordered death count by beheading now sits at 88 for 2015. Even scarier, it only took five months to surpass the 12-month record set only last year .... http://theantimedia.org