Sakina Muhammad Jan, who was married at 12 in Afghanistan and saw family members killed by Taliban, should be spared prison, lawyer argues
Sakina Muhammad Jan challenged her three-year jail term and made an application for bail in the Victorian court of appeal on Tuesday.Sakina Muhammad Jan challenged her three-year jail term and made an application for bail in the Victorian court of appeal on Tuesday.her eventual murderer has appealed against her prison sentence, with her lawyer citing the fact she was married off at just 12 years old in Afghanistan.
Halimi killed his young bride five months after their wedding and is serving a life sentence for her murder. Jan’s visa had also been cancelled since her sentencing and she was facing indefinite immigration detention as an unlawful non-citizen, the barrister said.“This case was quite exceptional and called for the extension of mercy,” Tehan said.
It would also be open to the appeal judges to impose a community corrections order alongside the four-month prison term, Tehan said.
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