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Court Sentences Rape *Victim* November 16, 2007

Posted by Idta in : Attorney-Client, Criminal Law , trackback

umbre33.jpg Sometimes it seems to be a national hobby to criticize American criminal justice as overly-concerned with the rights of the accused and indifferent to the rights of victims. Well, for contrast, take a look at Saudi Arabian ‘justice’.

Reports of the story triggered debate about Saudi Arabia’s legal system, in which judges have wide discretion in punishing a criminal, rules of evidence are shaky and sometimes no defense lawyers are present. The result, critics say, are sentences left to the whim of judges.

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