Save Akram Mahdavi - By reason of Insanity

Nazanin Boniadi, the stunning, raven haired co-star of the summer blockbuster film "Iron Man" wore a dress on the red carpet before auctioning it off.

The auction is going until April 30, 2008. Why? Because Akram Mahdavi needs donations to help save her life.

Now who in the world is Akram Mahdavi ?

Akram is a 24 year old woman married to a 74 year old man with multiple wives. She filed for a divorce twice and was denied both times. After an ordeal with another man, she killed the husband. Akram is now awaiting execution.

Now who is Nazanin Boniadi ?

Nazanin Boniadi (born May 22, 1980) is an Iranian-born American actress who got her start on the ABC soap opera, General Hospital and its SOAPnet spin-off series, General Hospital: Night Shift as Nurse Leyla Mir.

Akram's story unravels much earlier though; at 13 years old, she was married to her first husband. After the husband married with another woman, she filed for and got a separation but with a 5 year old child in tow. Her first husband was also an addict (not sure to what drug). After the divorce, her father married her off to this older man. By that time, with another child in tow, she had no idea that he had other wives.

In the end, she met a man she calls "Behnam" who after getting close to her encouraged her to do something about the older man. She resisted, but under threats by Behnam she committed the act. In the persian text it claims that Behnam threatened to kill her daughter if she didn’t kill the old man.

Now this scenario leads me to the recent novel by Randy Singer - "By Reason of Insanity" . It is by far the most complex and captivating legal thrillers.

Newspaper reported Catherine O'Rourke covers the compelling courtroom trial of Annie Newburg Hofstetter, accused of murdering her husband in premeditated and cold blood. Defending her is hotshot attorney Quinn Newberg, a lawyer who specializes in the insanity defense. Covering the trial raises some powerful emotion for Catherine, and it is reflected in her articles. When a series of seemingly connected kidnappings and murders take place in Virginia Beach, Catherine goes to jail to protect her anonymous source. While in jail, she begins to have disturbing visions of these crimes.

And that is when things begin to go horribly wrong for her. Suddenly she isn't reporting the news...she IS the news. After confiding in her confidential source, she finds herself accused of one of these heinous crimes.
Read on........

For more info on Akram Mahdavi....
http://greasy.com/bumpedoff/dress_save_akram_mahdawi.html
http://www.stophonourkillings.com/?name=Blogs&file=display&id=15
http://www.savedelara.com/Akram+Mahdavi.html