'Honour Killings' in Pakistan and Compliance of ... - Aurat Foundation
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kill<strong>in</strong>gs warrant special treatment <strong>in</strong> not allow<strong>in</strong>g this plea to be<br />
entered<br />
It is clearly dangerous to leave the sentenc<strong>in</strong>g to the discretion <strong>of</strong><br />
judges, as they do not award the full punishment <strong>and</strong> allow their<br />
biases to seep through 74 .<br />
74 While the author subscribes to the view that the death penalty should be abolished,<br />
the argument here is that the perpetrators <strong>of</strong> honour kill<strong>in</strong>gs should receive the full<br />
punishment for murders without any exceptions, rather than any reduced sentence.<br />
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