Original sentence: Similarly, under Sharia a woman who is accused of adultery  cannot be punished unless there are four male eyewitnesses (or eight female ones, since two females equal one male witness) to prove she did commit adultery
Edited sentence: Similarly, under Sharia a woman who is accused of adultery  cannot be punished unless there are four male eyewitnesses (or eight female ones, since two females equal one male witness [Due to the belief that a woman is more sympathetic to others than men]) to prove she did commit adultery