they deserve another kiss on the cheek from bush (and while we’re at it — screw it, let’s buy some more oil. and maybe some hummus.)
A Saudi court increased punishment for a gang rape to being whipped 200 times.
(CNN) — A court in Saudi Arabia increased the punishment for a gang-rape victim after her lawyer won an appeal of the sentence for the rapists, the lawyer told CNN.
The 19-year-old victim was sentenced last year to 90 lashes for meeting with an unrelated male, a former friend from whom she was retrieving photographs. The seven rapists, who abducted the pair and raped both, received sentences ranging from 10 months to five years in prison.
The victim’s attorney, Abdulrahman al-Lahim, contested the rapists’ sentence, contending there is a fatwa, or edict under Islamic law, that considers such crimes Hiraba (sinful violent crime) and the punishment should be death.
“After a year, the preliminary court changed the punishment and made it two to nine years for the defendants,” al-Lahim said of the new decision handed down Wednesday. “However, we were shocked that they also changed the victim’s sentence to be six months in prison and 200 lashes.”
I guess it’s too bad that the rapists weren’t rich, white lacrosse players. Otherwise, she might get justice.
11.18.2007 @ 18:59
[...] And while were at it, although this is as an aside, let’s not forget how great some of the people are that we buy oil from. I could fill a page with links to articals about Russia, Hugo Chevez, Saudi, ect., but I’ll provide just this one from Evolution. [...]