Preganant British Women Will Not Face Firing Squad

A British woman who was facing the death penalty on charges of drug smuggling in Laos has been granted her life because she is pregnant.

The Laos government said today that Samantha Orobator, who was facing a firing squad, would not be put to death because of her unborn child, the Associated Press has reported.

It is a provision of the law that any pregnant woman will not be put to death, a spokesman said.

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