"Beat & Release": Wife-stabber Gets Big Sentence Discounts, in Kayseri

türkçe links to original Turkish article

(Hürriyet Newspaper, 9 December 2022)

Ahmet bey's photographer gave him a discount too because 

of the stray lines.

Last year on 24 December, Fatma Çakır (45) left her home on Vatan Street

in the İldem Fatih neighborhood of Melikgazi district in Kayseri province

on her way to work when she was confronted by her estranged husband 

Ahmet Çakır.  During the ensuing argument between the two Ahmet bey

stabbed Fatma hanım 18 times (!), seriously injuring her. 

Discounts dependent on your lawyer's knack for bargaining. 

Fatma hanım stayed in the hospital for 10 days before being discharged,

while Ahmet bey was arrested.  The court initially sentenced Ahmet bey

to an aggravated life sentence but reduced the sentence to 16 years 

because Ahmet bey had not succeeded in killing Fatma hanım (!).   The

court committee then reduced the sentence further to 13 years 4 months

by applying a "haksız tahrik" (unjustly incited) discount for Ahmet bey .

(!)