Title: Afghan Court Cancels Death Sentences in Mob Killing of Woman

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/275/afghan_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Afghan Court Cancels Death Sentences in Mob Killing of Woman' data-article-id='545'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10438'>An appeals court in Afghanistan has cancelled death sentences given to four men found guilty of murder earlier this year.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='10438' data-end-time='19271'>One defense attorney told VOA that three of the men were re-sentenced to 20-year terms. </span> <span data-start-time='19271' data-end-time='28604'>The fourth convict was sentenced to 10 years because he was 17 when the crime took place.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='28604' data-end-time='38000'>Farkhunda Malikzada was 27 years old when a mob attacked and killed her last March in Kabul. </span> <span data-start-time='38000' data-end-time='44646'>A mullah had accused her of burning the Koran just before the attack. </span> <span data-start-time='44646' data-end-time='50208'>An investigation showed no evidence of that accusation.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div 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An appeals court in Afghanistan has cancelled death sentences given to four men found guilty of murder earlier this year.

One defense attorney told VOA that three of the men were re-sentenced to 20-year terms. The fourth convict was sentenced to 10 years because he was 17 when the crime took place.

Farkhunda Malikzada was 27 years old when a mob attacked and killed her last March in Kabul. A mullah had accused her of burning the Koran just before the attack. An investigation showed no evidence of that accusation.

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