A young woman, age nineteen is traveling in a car with a young man to whom she is neither related nor married. For some reason the car is attacked by seven hoodlums, who rape both the girl and the man.
The girl is initially sentenced to "several months in prison" and ninety lashes because she was alone with the young man. She appealed the conviction -- and was sentenced to six months in prison and two hundred lashes.
Today the Saudi king pardoned the girl.
What is going unreported is the courage of the girl and the young man, to report the rapes and to press charges. If the girl was meted punishment, you can only imagine what sort of result the young man received.
Oh, and the rapists? They ultimately received sentences of two to ten years.
Being party to the rape of two people = 2 years
Being a woman alone with a man = 2 years
Saudi justice = priceless
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