Tinseltownistan
April, 2008
Riyadh, saudi Arabia After international outrage over the case, King Abdullah pardoned a woman sentenced to 200 lashes and jail time after being gang-raped. The woman and a male companion were dragged from a car, and a group of seven men raped both of them. While the perpetrators were given nine-year prison sentences, the man and woman were also penalized with a sentence of 90 lashes each for having been alone together at the time, a violation of Islamic law. When the woman appealed the sente...
