Several grounds were cited: (i) the evidence against her should have been presented not just by the police but by four witnesses as required by the Koran; (ii) her initial conviction should have been rendered by a three judge panel, rather than only a single judge; (iii) under Islamic law she should have been permitted to withdraw her confession at any point prior to execution; and (iv) the child of a divorced woman is presumed to have been fathered by her exhusband, a presumption which only he could refute.
Several grounds were cited: (i) the evidence against her should have been presented not just by the police but by four witnesses as required by the Koran; (ii) her initial conviction should have been rendered by a three judge panel, rather than only a single judge; (iii) under Islamic law she should have been permitted to withdraw her confession at any point prior to execution; and (iv) the child of a divorced woman is presumed to have been fathered by her exhusband, a presumption which only he could refute.