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Sentenced to Death, Rape Victim is Freed By Pakistani Court

Date: June 8, 2002
Author: Seth Mydans
QUOTE: Bowing to public outrage, a Pakistani court has freed a rape victim who was sentenced to death by stoning for the crime of having extramarital relations.

ABSTRACT: Islamic zina law makes it very difficult for a woman to plead rape, so rape victims who become pregnant can easily be accused (and convicted) of having extramarital affairs. The story also shows how issues of family honor can contaminate the judicial process.

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