Father Guilty Of Genital Mutilation

A jury convicted 30-year-old Khalid Adem of aggravated battery and cruelty to children after deliberating for about four hours. Adem could face up to 40 years in prison.

Adem, an Ethiopian immigrant, used scissors to remove his daughter's clitoris in his family's Atlanta-area apartment in 2001.

During her father's trial, the girl, now seven, testified on videotape while clutching a teddy bear that her father "cut me on my private part."

Adem testified he never circumcised his daughter or asked anyone else to do so. He said he grew up in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, and considers the practice more prevalent in rural areas.

UPDATE:

He was sentenced to ten years in prison and five years probation.