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Pınar Sevim case reaches Turkey’s Court of Cassation: “Why reduce the sentence for someone who took a life?”

From Cumhuriyet · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The ruling in the case concerning Pınar Sevim’s death in Siverek, Şanlıurfa, has been taken to Turkey’s Court of Cassation.
  • Sevim’s family is challenging the discretionary sentence reduction and demanding aggravated life imprisonment for the defendant.

The case over Pınar Sevim’s death in Şanlıurfa’s Siverek district has reached Turkey’s Court of Cassation.

Sevim’s family is questioning why the defendant received a discretionary reduction in the sentence. “Why apply a discretionary reduction to the suspect? Why was justice left unfinished?” the family said.

The family is seeking an aggravated life sentence without any reduction for the defendant.

Why apply a discretionary reduction to the suspect? Why was justice left unfinished?

· Pınar Sevim’s familyThe family objected to the sentence reduction and called for a harsher punishment.
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