An Egyptian court is calling for a legal amendment in order to broadcast live to the nation the execution of a man who was convicted of killing a female student, BBC News reports.
Mohamed Adel, 22, was found guilty of the murder of fellow student Nayera Ashraf outside Mansoura University in northern Egypt last month.
He was sentenced to death on June 28 at Mansoura Courthouse, where officials have, according to local reports, written to parliament to seek a live broadcast of his hanging in order to prevent similar crimes from occurring in the future.
Per The Independent, the court wrote inn a letter to parliament: "The broadcast, even if only part of the start of proceedings, could achieve the goal of deterrence, which was not achieved by broadcasting the sentencing itself."
Adel was convicted of stabbing Ashraf to death outside the university after she rejected his advances. It has been reported by some outlets in the country that she rejected a marriage proposal.
He pleaded guilty to her killing and was sentenced to death, a call that ultimately had to be signed off by Egypt's grand mufti - a religious figure who has authority on particular legal cases.
The verdict, which could potentially be appealed, was made public on July 24.
Footage which apparently showed the killing of Ashraf went viral online and sparked outrage across the Middle East - made even more intense by a similar murder that took place at a university in Jordan just days later.
Recorded cases of femicide and other instances of violence against women are increasing in the North African country, with many taking aim at authorities for not treating the issue as seriously as they should
Amnesty International stated last year that law enforcement did not sufficiently investigate cases of gender-based violence and the courts did not give harsh enough sentences.
Adel was represented in court by attorney Farid El-Deeb, who had been the lead defence lawyer for late ex-president Hosni Mubarak.
El-Deeb said the defendant would appeal the sentence. He was quoted in local reports as saying: "We still have 60 days to challenge the death sentence against Adel."
Death sentences in Egypt have risen over the years.
