I don't see anything wrong with this kind of justice in cases like this. Laurie --- Charles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Eye-for-eye in Pakistan acid case > > > > Map of Pakistan > <http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39627000/gif/_39627931_pakistan_punja > b_map203.gif> > A court in Pakistan has sentenced a man to be > blinded by acid after he > carried out a similar attack on his fiancée. > > The court in the town of Bahawalpur, Punjab > province, sentenced Mohammad > Sajid under the Islamic Qisas law that matches crime > and punishment. > > > Sajid blinded and mutilated his fiancee after her > parents called off the > couple's engagement. > > > Rights groups have criticised the sentence and > observers say it is unlikely > to be carried out. > > > The judge passed the sentence in an anti-terrorism > court using a law > enforced in 1979 during the rule of the dictator > General Zia ul-Haq. > > > "Acid drops will be thrown into his eyes in line > with the Islamic laws," > Mohammad Shahid, a court official told the Reuters > news agency. > > > The law allows for a like-for-like punishment unless > clemency is agreed by > the victim's family. > > > Higher courts > > > > Sajid had admitted the attack, which he carried out > in revenge for his > fiancee's family breaking their promise. > > > Rights activists condemned the ruling. > > > "It is not a punishment but revenge," said Rashid > Rehman of the Human Rights > Commission of Pakistan. > > > Acid attacks on women are not unusual in Pakistan, > particularly in feudal > and tribal areas. > > > Rights activists say more than 70 incidents have > been reported in Punjab > this year. > > > The sentence can be appealed and Qisas rulings are > often altered by higher > courts. > > > > Charles Mims > http://www.the-sandbox.org > <http://www.the-sandbox.org/> > > >
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