OTHER FACTS:
- Men who kill because of honour are regarded very highly in prison and their feet are
washed by inmates.
- Mother’s who kill babies which were conceived out of wedlock only gets 4-8 years.
If a mother kills a baby which was conceived in marriage, she gets a life sentence without
parole or the death sentence.
- Honour killings are not recorded in the judicial statistics but men who kill in the name
of the honour get reduced sentences - usually 1\4 or1\8th less than the
regular homicide.
- The choice of weapon is usually associated with economical status, eg. a gun for richer
families etc. Traditionally, they were thrown into the well.
- Girls, some say, are not registered when they are born.
- When a person expresses condolences to the dead girl’s family, the family acts in a
rude way and says this is something to celebrate and not mourn.