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Pakistan delays ruling on blasphemy death sentence case
Kathy Gannon, The Associated Press
Published Monday, October 8, 2018 9:46AM EDT
Last Updated Monday, October 8, 2018 10:47AM EDT
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's Supreme Court postponed its ruling Monday on the final appeal of a Christian woman who has been on death row since 2010 after being convicted of blasphemy against Islam.
The judicial panel listened to Asia Bibi's defence lawyer challenge statements by those who accused her of insulting Islam's prophet, an allegation punishable by death that can incite riots in conservative Pakistan...
Pakistan delays ruling on blasphemy death sentence case
Kathy Gannon, The Associated Press
Published Monday, October 8, 2018 9:46AM EDT
Last Updated Monday, October 8, 2018 10:47AM EDT
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's Supreme Court postponed its ruling Monday on the final appeal of a Christian woman who has been on death row since 2010 after being convicted of blasphemy against Islam.
The judicial panel listened to Asia Bibi's defence lawyer challenge statements by those who accused her of insulting Islam's prophet, an allegation punishable by death that can incite riots in conservative Pakistan...
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