A Nigerian Islamic court said it would wait another...

A Nigerian Islamic court said it would wait another four weeks to pass judgement in the case of Amina Lawal, a single mother sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery.
"The court has heard both sides in this case and hereby adjourns until September 25 for judgement," said trial judge, Grand Khadi Aminu Ibrahim, the highest Islamic legal authority in Lawal's home state, Katsina. Earlier the Katsina Sharia Appeal Court had heard Lawal's defence team argue that her first trial and her first, failed appeal had been unfair.
As Lawal and her baby Wasila left the court to return with family members to her home village of Kurami, her lawyer and friend Hauwa Ibrahim was confident that her life would be saved.
"We are very hopeful that we are going to win," she said after the hearing, noting that the judges had extended the court's normal sitting hours to allow Lawal's appeal hearing to finish in good time.
Under Sharia, a person who has sex outside of marriage can be found guilty of adultery, and thus face death.