Nigerian woman continues to try to overturn death-by-stoning sentence.(African Affairs)(Brief Article) From: Jet | Date: September 15, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Johnson Publishing Co. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A tearful 32-year-old woman cuddled and nursed her toddler in an Islamic appeals court as lawyers recently pleaded she be spared death by stoning for having sex outside marriage.

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

The divorced woman was convicted of having sex outside marriage earlier this year by an Is...