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	200 Lashes and 6 months in Jail for Rape Victim

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11-16-2007 2:49 PM

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RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi court has increased the sentence 
given to a gang rape victim to 200 lashes of the whip and six 
months in prison and ordered disciplinary action against her 
lawyer for talking to the media, the lawyer said on Friday.
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A series of erratic verdicts have focused attention on the 
Saudi legal system, much of which remains uncodified and which 
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The 19-year-old Shi'ite woman from the town of Qatif in the 
Eastern Province was raped by seven men in 2006. A court had 
originally sentenced the woman to 90 lashes and the rapists to 
jail terms of between 10 months and five years.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=3874711"><P>
"The court blamed the girl for being alone with unrelated 
men, but it should have taken the humane view that it cannot be 
considered her fault," Lahem said, adding the case still has an 
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