Don’t punish helpless woman


THE programme Banduan Akhir, Mesej dari Penjara aired by TV3 recently was heartbreaking. “Sofia” will be put to death for murdering a family member.

I write as a researcher who has interviewed women convicted of filicide (the act of a parent killing his or her son or daughter).

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