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Let The Punishment Fit The Crime: (An Eye For An Eye, Etc.)

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Judge Orders Pakistani Blinded by Acid


Friday, December 12, 2003


MULTAN, Pakistan — A judge has ruled that a Pakistani man convicted of attacking his 17-year-old fiancee with acid be blinded with acid himself, police said Friday.



Mohammed Sajid, 19, poured acid on the face of his fiancee Rabia Bibi on June 24 in Bahawalpur (search), a city in the eastern Pakistani province of Punjab (search). His two brothers were also convicted of taking part.

The woman lost both eyes and her face was burned in the attack, which police said followed a minor dispute between the couple.

Judge Afzal Sharif ruled Thursday at a court in Bahawalpur that Sajid and his brothers were guilty of the attack and be jailed for seven years, and that Sajid be blinded by acid, said Rana Riaz, a local police official.

The judge ordered that a doctor perform the punishment publicly at a sports stadium.

"This is an Islamic way of doing justice," the judge wrote in his verdict.

Police said the defendant was likely to appeal his conviction and the sentence.

Violence against women, including acid attacks, are common in Pakistan, particularly in rural and deeply conservative tribal regions.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,105634,00.html

Other aspects:

An eye for an eye, ATC orders

Staff Report

MULTAN: Bahawalpur Anti Terrorism Court Justice Syed Afzaal Sharif Kazmi on Friday sentenced a suspect to be blinded by acid for doing the same to a woman.

The judge ruled that the convict Sajjad Ahmed be given a matching punishment under the Islamic law of “Qisas”. Sajjad Ahmed and his four accomplices threw acid on two women, Pathani and Rabia when they admonished the men for harassing them. Ms Rabia lost her sight and Pathani was seriously burnt. The court ordered that Mr Ahmed would be administered acid in his eyes in the presence of a medical officer at the Bahawalpur Sports Stadium. The court acquitted another two suspects Ghulam Rasul and Ashiq on the benefit of the doubt.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_13-12-2003_pg1_5

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I'll leave the Eye for an eye thread for deliberate blindings:

A leg for a leg, orders sharia court



January 07 2003 at 05:47AM


By Goddy Ikeh

Lagos - A Muslim court in northern Nigeria has ordered that a 45-year-old man's leg be amputated as punishment for doing the same to his wife.

The Upper Sharia in the town of Bauchi made the order against Adamu Hussaini Maidoya, who cut off the right leg of his wife, Amina. He accused her of infidelity, after "over exposing" herself to a doctor to get an injection.

Judge Alhaji Abdu Yerima ordered that the convict's right leg be amputated at the knee and that the person or doctor who executes the sentence should not administer anaesthetic or painkillers.

'He must experience similar pain his wife went through'

The judge quoted relevant sections of the Holy Quran and the Hadith to support his judgment and gave the convict 30 days to file an appeal.

"He must experience similar pain his wife went through when he cut off her right leg from the knee,'' the judge ruled.

Shortly before sentencing, Amina Hussaini, who just been discharged from the Bauchi specialist hospital, told the court how on August 21 2002 her husband accused her of infidelity, overpowered her and cut her right leg off at the knee with a sharp machete.

Amina, who had been married to the accused for about 20 years and has eight children, including four-month-old twins, prayed for justice.

Maidoya, who wept profusely during the trial, pleaded guilty but pleaded for forgiveness, saying his act was destined by God. Maidoya, a trader, also told newsmen he was neither insane nor under the influence of alcohol when he cut off his wife's leg. - Independent Foreign Service


This article was originally published on page 1 of The Mercury on 07 January 2003

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?sf=86&click_id=68&art_id=vn20030107054733799C323221&set_id=1
 
Man Sentenced for Defecating on Floor

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Feb 20, 2:25 PM (ET)



SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) - A judge made sure the punishment fit the crime when he sentenced a man to clean 100 toilets at the Saginaw County Jail.

Jonathan F. Naessens, 23, pleaded guilty to stealing a firearm from a Richland Township home, but investigators also found human feces in the basement near the window where the burglar entered the house.

Authorities say Naessens defecated on the floor. In addition to the toilet scrubbing, Circuit Judge Fred L. Borchard on Wednesday sentenced the Richland Township man to two years' probation and to pay 9 in restitution to clean the property.

"The sentence is excellent," Sheriff Charles L. Brown told The Saginaw News. "What's more disgusting than someone coming into your home and doing this?"

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040220/D80R5UEG0.html
 
This thread is being set up as a collection point for stories of punishments directly reflecting the crime.
 
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