Man sentenced to 10 years for murdering sister
Rana Husseini; 2/5/08
The Criminal Court has sentenced a 20-year-old man to 10 years in prison for murdering his married sister for reasons related to family honour last year. The tribunal initially handed Khalil M. the death penalty for stabbing his sister to death in an Amman neighbourhood on October 23, but the sentence was immediately reduced to 10 years after the victim’s family dropped charges against their son. Court papers said the victim, who had been married twice, was divorced from her first husband because she would often leave home without his permission and go to the house of a man she was in love with. In mid-2006, the court added, she left her second husband’s home after four months of marriage and went to stay with the same man.
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Tags: Honour Killing, Jordan, Womens Rights