Jordanian court sentences student to 10 years in jail for killing sister
                   
iht.com     May 13, 2008            

Jordan's criminal court has convicted and sentenced a 23-year-old student to 10 years in jail for shooting and stabbing his sister to death to cleanse the family's honor. The court says the defendant told interrogators that he stabbed his sister 14 times and shot her repeatedly in October 2006... [read full story]                    


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