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Saudi Rape Victim 'Crushed Human Being,' Husband Says

Blames judge, not system, for sentence

By Jane Yager,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 21, 2007 9:41 AM CST

(Newser) – The husband of the Saudi gang-rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and 6 months in jail blamed one judge's vendetta—and not the Saudi judicial system itself—for her treatment "as a guilty person who committed a crime." He told CNN his wife...   Read full story »

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