An official Saudi newspaper says a man convicted of raping his daughter has been sentenced to receive 2,080 lashes over the course of a 13-year prison term.
The court in the holy city of Mecca found the man guilty of raping his teenage daughter for seven years while under the influence of drugs.
The Okaz newspaper reported Saturday that the man will receive the lashes in stages throughout his prison sentence. The man's name was not published.
I don't normally agree with Sharia law, but this sentence seems more than fair. My verdict? Chinese justice: take him out back and give him one bullet to the back of the head (why waste bullets?). But I think all Saudi men who rape, especially members of the Saudi family who rape their phillipino or bangladesh maids, should also be punished. But i guess its good once in awhile to set an example, even if the Saudi royal family continue to be exempt from the rule of law (like the entire Bush family too). At least this time they didnt order the rape victim lashed too ! Or order her to marry her father !
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