11-Year-Old Has Spent Her Life in Jail, a Serial Killer as a Cellmate
- 6 years ago
11-Year-Old Has Spent Her Life in Jail, a Serial Killer as a Cellmate
A prison is a prison, even if it’s heaven.”
A question about why Ms. Gul would not let her daughter leave infuriated the mother even more.
Afghan officials said that an unknown prison officer was Meena’s birth father,
and officials accused Ms. Gul of deliberately getting pregnant to avoid the gallows.
Rahmatullah (who like many Afghans had only one name) was also convicted of killing Ms. Gul’s
legal husband, a police colonel, when Ms. Gul and Rahmatullah were having an affair.
The girl has never committed a crime, but her mother, Shirin Gul, is a convicted serial killer serving a life sentence,
and under Afghan prison policy she can keep her daughter with her until she turns 18.
Keeping the children in prison is against both international norms and Afghan law, Mr. Basharat said, despite the practice being so widespread.
A prison is a prison, even if it’s heaven.”
A question about why Ms. Gul would not let her daughter leave infuriated the mother even more.
Afghan officials said that an unknown prison officer was Meena’s birth father,
and officials accused Ms. Gul of deliberately getting pregnant to avoid the gallows.
Rahmatullah (who like many Afghans had only one name) was also convicted of killing Ms. Gul’s
legal husband, a police colonel, when Ms. Gul and Rahmatullah were having an affair.
The girl has never committed a crime, but her mother, Shirin Gul, is a convicted serial killer serving a life sentence,
and under Afghan prison policy she can keep her daughter with her until she turns 18.
Keeping the children in prison is against both international norms and Afghan law, Mr. Basharat said, despite the practice being so widespread.