Egypt court seeks live TV execution of woman killer

To permit the live transmission of the execution of the woman student killer, a court in Egypt has called for a law revision.

After a video showing Mohammed Adel stabbing Nayera Ashraf to death outside of her university after she rejected his advances went viral last month, Egyptians were shocked.

The court that executed the 22-year-old claimed in a letter to parliament that broadcasting even a portion of the trial could serve as a deterrent.

Executions in Egypt, which are always carried out by hanging within jails, are not made public.

According to a 2015 United Nations report, approximately 8 million Egyptian women were abused.