Gang-raped Indonesian woman may be caned publicly

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40. And the Religious leader who sentence her, wants to make a worse punishment for her rapists.,

That is what is reported at the END of that news report. Under Sharia law, the family of the Victim has a say in the punishment of the victim. This includes working out a deal so that the victim is made "whole". In this case the victim is the man's wife AND HER FAMILY. I suspect they were also the ones to rape this victim. Sounds like the Judge wants to work out a compromise, the victim gets no canning, and the rapists pay her for the harm they caused her.

Please note, the Islamic Judge noted she had been in the same PRIVATE room as a man. Under the Laws in most traditional societies that is a big no no. The Islamic Judge also said that while the victim said she had no sex with the man she was with, she was planning on it and had had sex with him in the past. That enough to convict her of fornication (being a widow she can NOT be convicted of Adultery, she has no husband to "Betray&quot . Thus they have been an investigation and a confession, but only of fornication as oppose to anything else.

The Judge makes the point that such a crime is NOT to be punished by raping the victim, thus the Judge's demand for harsher punishments for the rapists.