51 slaps for accused rapist

[rpannier]

LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- A man in northern Indian will be publicly slapped 51 times as punishment after village elders found him guilty of raping a neighbor who is deaf and mute, a village chief said Friday.

The elders stepped in to review the case because local police had failed to arrest the accused man after a complaint was filed by the victim's husband, village head Badr-ul Hasan told The Associated Press.

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A village court made up of five elders heard from both sides on Wednesday. It found the man guilty, fined him 5,000 rupees (US$110, euro90), and ordered he be publicly slapped with an open hand 51 times, he said.

"We can't do more than that. The village court doesn't have powers to arrest anyone," said Hasan. "By public slapping, the court wants to put (him) to shame."

link:
http://edition.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/10/india.rape.ap/index.html

on note: Kudos to the Village Elders for taking this situation seriously. They gave this oxygen thief the maximum punishment they could and have apparantly shamed the police into getting off their asses and investigating further.

[Deja Q]

1. If happened in America, everybody would have their underwear in a knot.

[Donnachaidh]

2. can we change that to slapping with a running CHAINSAW?

It seems more than appropriate.