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An Imprudent "Jurisprudence"

By lxmoya11 - Posted on October 12th, 2008

After having been married off to a man more than three times her age, who would beat her into submission and forced her to have sex, 10-year-old Nujood Ali traveled to court and told the Yemeni jurist, "I came to get a divorce." News reporters packed the courtroom on June to hear the judge verbally condemn the husband. Read More »

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