Federal judge denies inmate’s request to be flogged in public

BANGOR — A federal judge Friday denied a local man’s request that he be flogged in public rather than sent to prison.

U.S. District Judge John Woodcock said the law would not allow him to order that Domingos Nobrega, 34, of Bangor receive two lashes for each year of his sentence.

That order was issued three days after Woodcock granted a motion made by defense attorney Jeffrey Silverstein of Bangor for Nobrega to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Silverstein cited his client’s request to be flogged as one reason the motion should be granted. Federal prosecutions did not object to the request.

In his ruling, Woodcock disputed Nobrega’s contention that corporal punishment statutes have not been repealed.

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