In a statement regarding the sentencing to death by...

In a statement regarding the sentencing to death by stoning for adultery of Amina Lawal Kurami, executive director of the Women's Rights Division of Human Rights Watch, LaShawn R Jefferson said: "The legal system is being used to punish adult women for consensual sex. The death penalty is never an appropriate punishment for a crime, and, in this instance, the very nature of the crime is in doubt."