Pakistan gang-rape victim sees threat to her life

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Pakistan gang-rape victim sees threat to her life

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ISL275525.htm

ISLAMABAD, March 5 (Reuters) - A Pakistani victim of gang-rape said on Saturday that her life was in danger after the acquittal of five of the six men that she accused.

In a surprise decision on Thursday, a high court in the central city of Multan struck down a lower court decision which found the men guilty of raping Mukhtaran Mai, 30, on the orders of a village council in July 2002.

The High Court commuted the death sentence of a sixth man to life in prison in an appeal hearing in which the men pleaded not guilty.

Thå High Court acquitted the men on lack of evidence.

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Sat Mar-05-05 11:01 AM
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1. I applauded their original conviction

It gave me hope for women. This is too horrible to conceive...

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Sat Mar-05-05 11:17 AM
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3. My understanding was that the evidence was not lacking...

I could be wrong but I have gotten the impression that the lack of evidence has more to do with the weight that is given to a woman's "word" (and the evidence that may be uncovered by her "word") vs. that of a male.

I could be wrong; I have followed this case and feel a strong emotional kinship with the victim.

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Sat Mar-05-05 11:25 AM
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4. The men were pondscum who should have gotten jail terms

The men who levied the sentence should never breathe free again.

The men who didn't participate need to be taught a lesson that revenge taken against an innocent person whose only crime is to be a relative of someone who committed an infraction is a guarantee of hell.

The Muslim hell isn't any nicer than the Christian one.

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