Please help this woman..she doesn't deserve to die
 

Subject: Please help this woman..she doesn't deserve to die.
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>Last Friday, the Oprah show covered a story of a Nigerian woman, Amina
>Lawal, who has been sentenced to death by stoning because she had a baby
>out of wedlock. She has tried to appeal the decision but has been
>unsuccessful, thus far. The head of Nigeria disagrees with these
>stonings
>but has so far done nothing--partly because of the fear of not being
>re-elected. I should also note that the father of the baby denied
>fathering the child and, hence, has escaped any form of punishment.
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>Amina Lawal's stoning will occur as soon as she is finished nursing her
>child. She will be buried up to her neck in dirt and townsmen will
>throw
>stones at her head until they kill her--which has been known to take
>hours.
>I send out a plea to all the women receiving this e-mail and to all the
>men
>raised by women to join me and many others to help prevent this horrific
>and inhumane event from occurring.
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>All you have to do is visit the Oprah website:
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>http://www.oprah.com
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>click on the Amina Lawal pop up screen or search using Amina's name and
>you
>will see a pre-written letter addressed to the Nigerian Ambassador. Just
>fill out your information on the bottom of the page and send it. It's
>as
>simple as that.
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>You can even go one step further and forward this e-mail to your friends
>so
>they can be part of the mission to save Amina Lawal. It's your chance to
>save one woman's life.
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>Nadia de Souza
>Marketing Support Representative
>IBM Americas Public Sector Industry
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