Several Judge Dredds spotted in India http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/angry-mob-hacks-alleged-rapists-4413312 A man accused of trying to rape a teenage girl is in a critical condition after locals hacked off his genitals with a meat cleaver in a butcher shop. After hearing terrified screams, an angry mob took the law into its own hands and dragged Suresh Kumar, 40, into a butchers in the city of Ganganagar, India. He was found down an alley, pinning the terrified girl against a wall. Following a community meeting, the vigilantes decided to drag him to a local butcher’s shop where they beat him with sticks for an hour, before chopping off his genitalia with a meat cleaver. The remains were then dumped in the middle of the road with Kumar's bleeding body nearby. Local Aamir Dhawan, 30, said: "No one went to help the man because they could see his penis on the ground and knew this was punishment for a sex crime. "We have had a lot of intolerable offences against women in this country recently, with girls being raped, hung, and molested, and it’s time it stopped. "This sends out a very strong message to anyone like that - if you do it you will be punished." Police have called for those responsible to come forward. A police spokesman said: "People cannot take the law into your own hands. "As deplorable as these crimes are, law and order has to be maintained, and not lynch justice. "We ask those men who carried out this attack to hand themselves in before we find them. The man was eventually taken to hospital where doctors described his condition as critical. The girl was treated for shock, and given counselling. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **** the corrupt police spokesman. If they actually did their jobs and protected the girls/women, the mob would not have taken matters in their own hands.
Good for them. I typically agree with what the judge said, but these stories come out of india constantly. Combine that with the fact that I have no tolerance for rape to begin with. This should be the official punishment for rape worldwide.
Typically I don't approve of vigilante justice, however in societies where the justice system is highly corrupt the options for communities are limited and may justify vigilante/community responses. Was taking a butcher knife to his privates too extreme? By Western standards, yes. I suspect a beating and community shaming would have been sufficient. However, by the standards of those communities I doubt those would have been considered sufficient. Let's not forget that we're talking about societies where stoning, whipping, burning, and amputation are not considered extreme punishments. On the continuum of punishments within those communities, it may indeed have been suitable and reasonable.
They got it right this time. Maybe they could have taken pictures of the (wo?)man and post it all over the interwebs. Let child molesters know that their crimes will end in a permanent gender change and public shaming for the world to see.
