Cassation Court upholds 20-year jail term for man over murder of stepmother

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Cassation Court upholds 20-year jail term for man over murder of stepmother

AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a September Criminal Court ruling sentencing a man to 20 years in prison after convicting him of murdering his stepmother and dumping her body in a well in Irbid in April 2023.  The court declared the defendant guilty of stabbing his stepmother with a kitchen knife while she was preparing food on April 20.  The defendant was handed the maximum punishment for the manslaughter charge.  The court had amende…