Amina Lawal waits in an Islamic courtroom with her child Wasila, in Katsina, northern Nigeria, in this Aug. 27, 2003 photo. An Islamic appeals court in northern Nigeria on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2003, acquitted the single mother facing death by stoning for adultery in a case that has drawn world attention dragged on for one year. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)