New Delhi, Nov. 16 -- A teenage girl from China has written to a court asking for leniency for her father. The man killed his wife, the mother of his two children, by electrocution while she was taking a shower.

The case has sparked a wide debate on China's social media after a Hebei court publicly released its judgment in early November. The 36-year-old man, Yang, was sentenced to life in prison for the March 2023 killing of his wife, Yin.

The couple married in 2010. After four years, the situation worsened. They had bitter fights. Between 2014 and 2017, they got divorced but later reconciled. Nevertheless, the remarriage did not go well.

According to Yang, constant conflicts with his wife Yin pushed him to a breaking point. She repor...