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An insult to one's personal or family honor must be met with a response, or the stain of dishonor can affect many others in the family and the wider community. Such acts often include female behaviors that are related to sex outside marriage or way of dressing, but may also include male homosexuality (like the emo killings in Iraq). The family ...
In many countries, female infanticide is associated with socio-economic struggles. A study done in India found three socio-economic reasons associated with female infanticide. The study found that economic utility indicates that boys are valued more than girls due to the fact that boys can work and bring in money to the household.
The Napoleonic Code has been very influential, and many countries, which were former French colonies, or were inspired by French legal norms, enacted laws providing for lesser penalties or even acquittal for such crimes. [30] [31] The 1810 penal code Article 324 passed by Napoleon was copied by Middle Eastern Arab countries.
This many lashes could permanently disable or kill a man. Charles Oman, historian of the Peninsular War, noted that the maximum sentence was inflicted "nine or ten times by general court-martial during the whole six years of the war" and that 1,000 lashes were administered about 50 times. [41] Other sentences were for 900, 700, 500 and 300 lashes.
Los Angeles deputy opens fire on mother of two while responding to 911 call
The legal system does not favor women suffering from femicide and intimate partner femicide. Victims find it hard to report an aggressive male behavior, domestic partner violence, and violence towards women due to the idea that sexual assault and domestic violence is a matter that should be handled "privately".
Newly released 911 audio revealed the horrifying moment a 7-year-old Ohio girl begged her armed father not to kill her during a standoff with cops, telling him, “I don’t want to go to heaven ...
Arnold Sodeman: known as "The School-girl Strangler"; killed four children in Melbourne in the 1930s. [19] Executed in 1936. [20]David and Catherine Birnie: responsible for "The Moorhouse Murders"; raped and murdered four women in Willagee in 1986; David died by suicide in 2005, while Catherine remains incarcerated and serving a life sentence.