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Nigerian stoning appeal heard
« on: Aug 27^th, 2003, 2:18pm »

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I wondered what happened to this poor woman. Judges said Wednesday they would announce their ruling Sept. 25.

Wednesday, August 27, 2003 Posted: 3:04 PM EDT (1904 GMT)

Lawal gave birth to a baby girl more than nine months after divorcing.

KATSINA, Nigeria (AP) -- Tears of fright in her eyes, a 32-year-old Nigerian single mother cuddled and nursed her young daughter in a sweltering Islamic appeals court Wednesday as lawyers pleaded she be spared death by stoning for bearing the child out of wedlock.

Heavily veiled and draped, Amina Lawal appeared overwhelmed by the crush of riot police, journalists and rights workers as she arrived for a case that has sparked international campaigns on her behalf.

"I've never been this afraid," Lawal said, tears rolling down her downcast face as she made her way past riot police ringing the courthouse in northern Nigeria's Katsina state. "I'm tired of all this."

In her arms, daughter Wasila, whose birth brought Lawal's death sentence for adultery, stared wide-eyed up at her mother.

Lawal is the best known of three people awaiting stoning sentences in a dozen northern Nigerian states that have adopted Islamic law, or Shariah.

Two other condemned already have been given clemency; no stoning sentence has yet been carried out.

An Islamic court convicted Lawal in March 2002 following the birth of her baby, more than two years after Lawal and her husband divorced.

Judges ordered her buried up to her neck in sand and stoned. While appeals continue, courts have ordered Lawal's execution postponed until her child -- now nearly 2 -- is weaned.

The alleged father of the baby denied responsibility and was acquitted.

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