Hands Off Cain
NEWS ARCHIVE·DEATH PENALTY·JANUARY 18, 2010
Jordan

JORDANIAN TO HANG FOR KILLING IRAQI WOMAN

a Jordanian court sentenced an unidentified man, 27, to death by hanging for setting fire to the house of an Iraqi woman in Amman in 2006.

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a Jordanian court sentenced an unidentified man, 27, to death by hanging for setting fire to the house of an Iraqi woman in Amman in 2006. The woman, her mother and stepfather died in the fire intended to halt plans for the woman to marry another man, a court official said.
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  • (Sources: Agence France Presse, 18/01/10)