name: Amina Lawal

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Amina Lawal, 31, left, who was sentenced to death by the Upper Sharia Court in Funtua , is taken out of the court by defense counsel Hauwa Ibrahimat, at Funtua, northern Nigeria, Aug. 19, 2002. Nigeria faced severe international criticism on Tuesday after an Islamic court upheld a sentence of death by stoning on a woman for bearing a child out of wedlock. (AP Photo)