ISLAMABAD — Kanizan Bibi was 16 when she was charged with murdering her employer’s wife and five children. ADVERTISEMENTYet Bibi, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2000, remains on death row, where she has been for 29 years. The Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide is spearheading efforts along with the independent Justice Project Pakistan to get Bibi released. Most days Bibi can barely dress herself. They pointed to Bibi and accused her of adultery, a crime of shame in conservative Pakistan, saying that’s why she killed her employer’s wife and children.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 10, 2020 12:33 UTC