Six Months for Honor Killing

(Amman, Jordan) A man was sentenced to six months in prison for murdering his pregnant sister in an honor killing. The court said the lenient sentence was justified by the "state of fury" her behavior caused.

According to the court, when the woman told her brother she was five months pregnant with her former husband's child, he began chasing her and pulled on her scarf to strangle her. He then put a pillow on her head and sat on it until she suffocated.

The court said the woman's confession angered her brother and caused him to act in an irrational way. The court also said the woman's "shameful behavior" deviated from the traditions of Jordanian society and harmed her family's honor.

Jordanian authorities don't release the names of people involved in honor killings.

Sick, isn't it?