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| Africa: Subsaharan |
| Nigerian Islamic court overturns stoning sentence |
| 2004-11-11 |
| An Islamic appeal court in Nigeria overturned a death by stoning sentence handed down to a 29-year-old pregnant woman for having sex out of wedlock, the judge said on Wednesday. Judge Mohammed Mustapha Umar said the lower court had given an incorrect sentence on Hajara Ibrahim, who had confessed to having sex with a 35-year-old man and becoming pregnant. |
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