I don't normally pass on e-mails like this, but I think this needs to spread:

Last Friday, the Oprah show covered a story of a Nigerian woman, Amina
Lawal, who has been sentenced to death by stoning because she had a baby
out of wedlock. She has tried to appeal the decision but has been
unsuccessful, thus far. The head of Nigeria disagrees with these stonings
but has so far done nothing--partly because of the fear of not being re-elected. I
should also note that the father of the baby denied fathering the child and, hence,
has escaped any form of punishment.

Amina Lawal's stoning will occur as soon as she is finished nursing her
child. She will be buried up to her neck in dirt and townsmen will throw
stones at her head until they kill her--which has been known to take
hours. I send out a plea to all the women receiving this e-mail and to
all the men raised by women to join me and many others to help prevent
this horrific and inhumane event from occurring.

All you have to do is visit the Oprah website:
http://www.oprah.com/
First bullet in the yellow box under the "Oprah.com Highlights" section.

Click on the Amina Lawal pop up screen or search using Amina's name and
you will see a pre-written letter addressed to the Nigerian Ambassador. Just
fill out your information on the bottom of the page and send it. It's as
simple as that.

You can even go one step further and forward this e-mail to your friends so
they can be part of the mission to save Amina Lawal. It's your chance to
save one woman's life.

mood ~  indescribable