In a ruling on Wednesday, a German Federal Court dismissed an appeal made by a 32-year-old German woman, identified as Jessica W., who had been convicted in 2021 for her role in the death of a 5-year-old Yazidi girl while married to an Islamic State fighter in 2015.
Jessica W. and her husband, Taha Al-J., an Iraqi national, were both implicated in the child’s death after evidence revealed that the girl had been left chained to a tree in the Iraqi city of Fallujah, where she died of thirst.
Initially sentenced to 14 years in prison after being deported from Turkey following the defeat of ISIS in Iraq and Syria, Jessica W. was found guilty of crimes against humanity, including enslavement, and for joining a terrorist group abroad. The Frankfurt-based trial concluded that she could have prevented the child’s death but chose not to act, resulting in her conviction on two counts related to enslavement and one count of affiliating with a terrorist organization overseas.
Jessica W.’s attraction was denied.
Studying the ruling on Wednesday, the courtroom discovered that the girl’s attraction was “manifestly unfounded.” However, it didn’t make clear on what grounds the defendant had appealed the sentence.
Within the authentic 2021 trial, Jessica W. had first been given a 10-year sentence, however given the severity of the crimes in opposition to humanity, that sentence was elevated.
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