Saudi court upholds child rapist crucifixion ruling
Tue Nov 3, 2009 2:22pm IST
The convict was arrested earlier this year after a seven-year old boy helped police in their investigation. The child left in the desert after the rape was three years old, Okaz newspaper said.
International rights groups have accused the kingdom, the birthplace of Islam, of applying draconian justice, beheading murderers, rapists and drug traffickers in public. So far this year about 40 people have been executed in
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(Reporting by Souhail Karam; editing by Inal Ersan)
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