ames , ▁dying ▁soon ▁after . ▁ ▁Br ief ▁articles ▁were ▁run ▁in ▁the ▁Dallas ▁Mor ning ▁News ▁and ▁The ▁Atlanta - J ournal ▁Constitution ▁after ▁the ▁incident , ▁while ▁the ▁Dallas ▁Ob server ▁ran ▁a ▁detailed , ▁nine ▁page ▁article ▁covering ▁A ley amma ’ s ▁death . ▁The ▁article ▁faced ▁some ▁criticism ▁for ▁its ▁port ray al ▁of ▁non - West ern ▁countries ▁as ▁back ward ▁or ▁in app ropri ate : ▁" B atter ed ▁by ▁her ▁husband , ▁A ley amma ▁Mat hew ▁remained ▁true ▁to ▁her ▁culture . ▁In ▁the ▁end ▁she ▁became ▁its ▁victim ." ▁ ▁Cont rolling ▁b ride ▁burning ▁There ▁are ▁current ▁government al ▁initi atives ▁to ▁criminal ize ▁b ride ▁burning ▁and ▁grass ro ots ▁organizations ▁working ▁to ▁combat ▁the ▁practice , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁international ▁laws ▁working ▁against ▁human ▁rights ▁viol ations . ▁Finally , ▁there ▁are ▁many ▁proposed ▁initi atives ▁in ▁place ▁to ▁end ▁b ride ▁burning ▁glob ally . ▁ ▁Government al ▁efforts ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 1 , ▁India ▁en act ed ▁the ▁Dow ry ▁Pro hib ition ▁Act , ▁to ▁halt ▁dow ry ▁mur ders . ▁It ▁was ▁am ended ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁to ▁" rect ify ▁several ▁inher ent ▁weak ness es ▁and ▁loop hol es " ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁a ▁criminal ▁off ense ▁if ▁the ▁husband ▁or ▁his ▁relatives ▁causes ▁a ▁woman ▁to ▁" die ▁of ▁burn s ▁or ▁bod ily ▁injury ▁or ▁un natural ▁circumstances ▁within ▁seven