[ThunderSleeps]

The court sentenced the unidentified rapist to six months in prison and 50 lashes with the whip after it could not find evidence of rape.

What? They could find no evidence of the alleged rape, yet they still sentenced him to 6 months and 50 lashes? WTF kind of justice is that?

Yes, I went to the link and checked - it is not a typo in the post here.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

it’s justice all about morals and self-righteous codes. It’s the seriousness of the charge, not the accuracy of the statement that matters!

Kind of like tossing a bound woman into a river. If she floats, she’s a witch, but if she sinks (and drowns) she was innocent.

You determine guilt or innocence by the way the accused deals with the punishment...

[PugetSoundSoldier]

BTW, here's how a caning is dealt with (lashings are similar)...

WARNING: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC CONTENT

Caning in Malaysia

[muawiyah]

The Saudi standard is the idea that it is better that an innocent man be whipped than that a guilty man go free.

In Saudi, where they use Sharia Law, the purpose of the court is to fit a criminal to the crime, and a punishment follows in accordance with fixed standards.

Sharia law allows little discretion in sentencing.

[rdl6989]

That’s what got me. There’s no evidence of a crime being committed so let’s give the defendant 50 lashes and lock him up for six months as punishment for the nonexistent crime.

[Psalm 144]

“They could find no evidence of the alleged rape, yet they still sentenced him to 6 months and 50 lashes? WTF kind of justice is that?”

No court anywhere does justice. They all do admin.