Sudan teen who killed rapist husband faces new calls for death penalty

Noura Hussein got a jail sentence after an international outcry. Prosecutors seek to overturn the ruling that spared her execution

State prosecutors in Sudan are calling for the death penalty to be reinstated for a young woman who was sentenced to five years in jail for killing her abusive husband.

Noura Hussein, 19, was found guilty of premeditated murder in May and had faced execution. But a month later, after a high profile campaign, the verdict was quashed and she was given a jail sentence and fined for manslaughter.

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