Comments on: Sixteen-Year-Old Pregnant Rape Victim Murdered by Family in Honor Killing

By: Mitchell, Courtney

Mitchell, Courtney — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 01:40:15 +0000

I went almost through the same thing. Munchausen I might get my family with. They are true cannibols.. eating up my money, time and life. Everyone in my nieghborhood hated them and my real friends tried to save me.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:39:59 +0000

So wouldnt holding and forcing someone to have sex be a disgrace for the rapists family? It seems to me like it would be just as shameful for the rapists family. And the rapist should be charged for the rape and also the victims murder as well because he knows what the outcome would be for the girl once her family found out she had been raped. You know that he was well aware that the girl would be killed so her familys honor wouldnt be tarnished. He should be charged with her murder and be castrated so he could never spread his evil again. What happened to the innocent baby after all this?

By: Mimi

Mimi — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 01:14:51 +0000

ken, is abortion in the US illegal? I haven’t heard that.

By: ken

ken — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:07:43 +0000

Not sure which is worse, this crime or aborting 20 million babies a year….but for some reason one and not the other get’s Turley attention.

Guess which one.

By: ken

ken — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:06:29 +0000

Shame the liberals look to people that do this as allies against conservatives.

By: rafflaw

rafflaw — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:15:00 +0000

I guess when you are an award winning blog, it gets worlwide attention. Congrats to Prof. Turley. It was a useful response by the Turkish attorney that provides us with additional expert information concerning the issue at hand.

By: mespo727272

mespo727272 — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:07:59 +0000

Turkish Lawyer:

Thank you very much for the update on Turkish law. This blog certainly has broad range!

By: Turkish lawyer

Turkish lawyer — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:47:15 +0000

Before the current Turkish Criminal Code came into operation in 2004, Article 462 of the old Code granted a sentence reduction of up to seven-eighths to male and female perpetrators of honor crimes if the victim were caught in the act of committing adultery or “illegitimate sexual relations”, or if there was evidence beyond doubt that the victim had just completed such an act. Thankfully, this injustice was redressed by Article 82 of the current Code, which now expressly covers honour killings and sets a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.