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Wednesday, October 11, 2006
2:06:00 PM EDT
Hearing Jenny Was a Friend of Mine -- The Killers
True fact: In the Bahamas, if you perform a particularly egregious crime, apparently you can be whipped. With a cat-o'-nine-tails:
Altulus Newbold, 34, was sentenced on Friday to 16 years in prison after being found guilty of burglary, attempted rape and causing harm. Justice Jon Isaacs ordered that he receive four lashes of the whip at the start of his sentence and four upon his release, but suspended the punishment for three weeks pending a possible appeal.
The cat, a whip made of knotted cords, leaves flesh wounds and is used on the offender's back by a prison guard. It was outlawed in the Bahamas many years ago, but reinstated in the former British colony in 1991 in the face of rising crime.
Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson supported the use of the cat and said it was retained only for the most "egregious" cases.
"I think the public is pleased to see the determination of our courts to see punishment meted out swiftly," she said.
Yow. I'm sort of wondering what Amnesty International thinks about that. Seems like it'd be something they'd frown on. It does make me wish to be on my best behavior should I ever visit the Bahamas, however.
What do you think? Is whipping someone a bit much?
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2:06:00 PM EDT
Hearing Jenny Was a Friend of Mine -- The Killers
And If You Really Annoy Them, You'll Be Drawn and Quartered
True fact: In the Bahamas, if you perform a particularly egregious crime, apparently you can be whipped. With a cat-o'-nine-tails:
Altulus Newbold, 34, was sentenced on Friday to 16 years in prison after being found guilty of burglary, attempted rape and causing harm. Justice Jon Isaacs ordered that he receive four lashes of the whip at the start of his sentence and four upon his release, but suspended the punishment for three weeks pending a possible appeal.
The cat, a whip made of knotted cords, leaves flesh wounds and is used on the offender's back by a prison guard. It was outlawed in the Bahamas many years ago, but reinstated in the former British colony in 1991 in the face of rising crime.
Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson supported the use of the cat and said it was retained only for the most "egregious" cases.
"I think the public is pleased to see the determination of our courts to see punishment meted out swiftly," she said.
Yow. I'm sort of wondering what Amnesty International thinks about that. Seems like it'd be something they'd frown on. It does make me wish to be on my best behavior should I ever visit the Bahamas, however.
What do you think? Is whipping someone a bit much?
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I'm a gi-ir-irl, damnit. I just cuss and make sex jokes a lot.
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monoposette..oh my hes funny..........whipping is outrageous....for robbery? crazy....
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They should let Devo do it.
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To be honest, I'd be all for whipping... if the girl (I hope) that he tried to rape got to do the swinging.
Funny part... I believe the punishee can request a hood. This completes the gay S+M cycle. Maybe he should have had to wear a ball gag, too.
LOL... I smuggled like a half ounce of weed into the Bahamas the last time I went. I bet they would have whipped my French ass like a government mule.
10/13/06 7:00 AM