Death sentence overturned for Sudanese teen who killed 'rapist' husband
Source: The Age
27 June 2018 — 7:10am
Khartoum: A Sudanese court on Tuesday overturned a death sentence on a teenager who killed her husband whom she alleged had tried to rape her and jailed her for five years instead, the girl's lawyer said.
Noura Hussein, 19, who said her father had made her marry the man, who was also her cousin, was sentenced to death by hanging last month by an Islamic religious court for his murder.
Rights campaigners had called for President Omar al-Bashir to pardon Hussein, saying she was forced into a child marriage and had acted in self-defence and on Tuesday the appeals court quashed the death sentence.
As well as the five-year jail term, she was fined 375 Sudanese pounds (about $US20), the lawyer, Al-Fateh Hussein, told Reuters. He gave no further details.
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