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Sudan teen who killed rapist husband faces new calls for death penalty
Source: The Guardian
Sudan teen who killed rapist husband faces new calls for death penalty
Noura Hussein got a jail sentence after an international outcry. Prosecutors seek to overturn the ruling that spared her execution
Zeinab Mohammed Salih
Fri 24 Aug 2018 07.00 BST
State prosecutors in Sudan are calling for the death penalty to be reinstated for a young woman who was sentenced to five years in jail for killing her abusive husband.
Noura Hussein, 19, was found guilty of premeditated murder in May and had faced execution. But a month later, after a high profile campaign, the verdict was quashed and she was given a jail sentence and fined for manslaughter.
However, it has emerged that prosecutors are seeking to overturn the latest ruling and reinstate the death penalty.
Hussein was forced to marry at 16. She fled the marriage, but was tricked into returning to her husband by family members. She stabbed him as he tried to rape her.
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Noura Hussein got a jail sentence after an international outcry. Prosecutors seek to overturn the ruling that spared her execution
Zeinab Mohammed Salih
Fri 24 Aug 2018 07.00 BST
State prosecutors in Sudan are calling for the death penalty to be reinstated for a young woman who was sentenced to five years in jail for killing her abusive husband.
Noura Hussein, 19, was found guilty of premeditated murder in May and had faced execution. But a month later, after a high profile campaign, the verdict was quashed and she was given a jail sentence and fined for manslaughter.
However, it has emerged that prosecutors are seeking to overturn the latest ruling and reinstate the death penalty.
Hussein was forced to marry at 16. She fled the marriage, but was tricked into returning to her husband by family members. She stabbed him as he tried to rape her.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/24/sudan-teen-who-killed-rapist-husband-faces-new-calls-for-death-penalty
