THE WORLD
The World/Schools and domestic - May 2008
Spare the rod, say some (with cartoon)
The Economist offers global overview of spanking, notes trend towards banning it in richer countries, describes UN campaign as "dotty"
AUSTRALIA
Australia/Schools - February 2008
'Bring back cane' to curb violence
School CP is needed to restore respect and responsibility, say local politicians in Queensland
Sad lesson: A slap for authority
Teacher who slapped a student is cleared of assault; newspaper, noting decline in number of male teachers, doubts whether abolition of CP was a good idea
THE BAHAMAS
Bahamas/Judicial - January 2008
Court of Appeal issues stay of flogging sentence for rapist
Infliction of cat-o'-nine-tails postponed
Bahamas/Judicial - February 2008
No Flogging For Child Rapist
Court of appeal throws out cat-o'-nine-tails sentence
Bahamas/Schools - June 2008
Turnquest supports corporal punishment
Government minister welcomes news that some school principals still cane
BOTSWANA
Botswana/Schools - February 2008
Kgosi, President Admonish Wayward Students
Out-of-control schoolboys need caning, say politicians
Botswana/Judicial - May 2008
DJ in Court With Stolen Trousers
"Four strokes on the bare buttocks" for shoplifter, 27
Botswana/Judicial - June 2008
Bully Relative Lashed (illustrated)
"Jealous" man, pictured, gets gour strokes plus suspended jail term for stabbing
BRUNEI
Brunei/Judicial - March 2008
Jail, whipping for immigration offender
20-year-old gets the standard three strokes of the cane
Four get jail terms and lashes for Tutong burglaries
Including a 9-stroke caning for a 19-year-old
Brunei/Judicial - April 2008
9 Foreigners Jailed For Gang Robbery
Eight of them also sentenced to 12 strokes of the cane each
Brunei/Judicial - May 2008
20 years' jail and 15 lashes for Syabu trio
Three young men were trafficking drugs
CANADA
Canada/Schools - February 2008
School staff facing assault charges
Mennonite private school in trouble for using CP
Canada/Schools - March 2008
Teachers admit strapping pupils
Seven boys punished with belt
Canada/Domestic - June 2008
Kill this 'Nanny State' bill
New attempt to ban parental spanking
Anti-spanking lunatics are BaaaaaCk!
Columnist points out that 80% of Canadians support domestic CP
FIJI
Fiji/Judicial - January 2008
Court orders cane and jail
Four strokes ordered for 23-year-old for violent robbery
Stroke of cane still valid: Director
JCP is still on the statute book
Fiji/Judicial - February 2008
Caning order thrown out
JCP sentences are unconstitutional, says High Court
IRAN
Iran/Judicial - January 2008
Two youths to be flogged and cast off a cliff
100 lashes each for rape
Iran/Judicial - April 2008
Flogging or jail for bad driving
Dangerous behaviour on roads will now attract sentence of 74 lashes
Iran/Judicial - June 2008
Flogging an effective deterrent, says senior official
Head of Judicial Authority says imprisonment is useless, urges judges to impose more public floggings
JAMAICA
Jamaica/Schools - March 2008
Caning: Six of the best
Columnist recalls punishment on his last day at school
Corporal punishment not a form of violence -- students
Results of a survey in schools
KENYA
Kenya/Schools - April 2008
To cane students or not? Teachers and parents differ
Forget about bringing back the rod, says lobby group
Controversy still raging about school CP
MALAYSIA
Malaysia/Judicial - January 2008
5 years' jail for burying own baby alive (illustrated)
38-year-old, pictured, also ordered to receive four strokes of the cane
Ex-athlete gets jail, rotan for cannabis (illustrated)
7 years' jail plus 10 strokes of the cane for drug possessor, 37, pictured
Incest: Farmer gets 12 years, 3 strokes
37-year-old raped his underage stepdaughter
Whipping And Jail For RM50 Robbery
Offenders aged 22 and 34 get four strokes each
Malaysia/Judicial - February 2008
12 years for raping friend's wife
26-year-old is also ordered to receive a 3-stroke caning
Jail and rotan for rape
Six strokes and 8 years for 23-year-old
Jail and whipping for bouncer who cheated businessman
Fake policeman, 39, sentenced to five years, five strokes
Malaysia/Judicial - March 2008
Gardeners jailed 11 years
Two also get 10 strokes of the rotan each for possessing drugs
He finally admits raping daughter
43-year-old sentenced to 15 years and 15 strokes
Rape: Local youth gets 9 years, cane
Three strokes for 22-year-old
Contractor on drug charge escapes gallows
40-year-old gets 12 years' jail and 10 strokes of the rotan
Jail, caning for oral sex
Man, 21, had sex with girl, 7
Man sentenced to 12 years' jail
22-year-old also gets a six-stroke caning for possessing gun and bullets
Malaysia/Judicial - April 2008
Fish breeder pleads guilty to possessing cannabis
10 strokes of the rotan for 25-year-old
Jail and rotan for two found guilty of rape
Rapists given long jail terms and heavy canings
Whipping for illegal road racers
Motorbike racers will get 3 strokes of the cane under proposed new law
30 years for rape, assault (illustrated)
Duo aged 20 and 29, pictured, also get 20 and 25 strokes of the cane respectively
57 years jail and 12 strokes for raping relative
56-year-old to be caned under new rule allowing JCP for older rapists
Malaysia/Schools - April 2008
Three steps before teachers use the cane
New disciplinary procedure will make caning a last resort
Malaysia/Judicial - May 2008
9 years' jail and caning for sodomy
29-year-old is awarded three strokes after attack on teenage boys
Man gets 10 years' jail for drug possession
Plus 10 strokes of the rotan for man, 25
Jail and rotan for duo who raped teacher (illustrated)
Rapists, 26 and 34, pictured, each ordered to receive six strokes of the rotan in addition to long jail terms
15 years' jail, 16 strokes for rapist stepfather
Man, 34, started forced sex with stepdaughter when she was only six
Malaysia/Judicial - May 2008
Despatch rider gets lower jail term (illustrated)
Drug offender, 23, pictured, also has his rotan sentence reduced from four strokes to three
Ex-religious teacher fails to get jail term reduced
39-year-old will shortly walk free but must first receive 10 strokes of the rotan
Indon contract worker, self-employed escape gallows
Trafficking charges reduced to drug possession; jail plus 10 strokes each for two in their 20s
MALDIVES
Maldives/Judicial - June 2008
Lashings Punishment Resumes
A year's backlog of JCP now being administered, starting with two women and three men punished in front a "crowd that packed the street"
NIGERIA
Nigeria/Judicial - February 2008
Youths receive 24 strokes for assault
Three young men ordered by court to receive eight strokes of the cane each
Nigeria/Judicial - April 2008
Day of reckoning for Kaduna lesbians
Court gives twentysomething women 20 strokes of the cane each
Nigeria/Judicial - June 2008
Student gets 10 lashes for car theft
Caning for 17-year-old; also ordered to clean up court premises
ST HELENA
St Helena/Schools - April 2008
St Helena Exco Report
School caning abolished under new Bill
SAUDI ARABIA
Saudi Arabia/Judicial - May 2008
Bahraini on Death Row 'was framed'
46-year-old gets 15 years in jail and 1,500 lashes instead of death sentence
Government Must Codify Taaziri Punishment Rules
Article criticises inconsistent and excessive JCP sentences
SINGAPORE
Singapore/Judicial - January 2008
Brothers in trouble (illustrated)
Siblings aged 22 and 23, pictured, each get 24 strokes of the cane
Jail and caning for robber who hurt two prostitutes (illustrated)
12 strokes and five years the sentence for 36-year-old, pictured
Man gets jail, cane for raping stepdaughter, 14
44-year-old receives maximum of 14 years and 24 strokes
Caning, jail for bid to flee from court (illustrated)
Robber, 26, pictured, ordered to receive 15 strokes
Ex-inmate to seek court redress for 3 extra strokes (illustrated)
20-year-old, pictured, was ordered 5 strokes but given 8 by mistake
Child rapist caught on clip molesting fiancee's daughter
Man, 29, is given 26 years in prison and ordered to undergo 24 strokes of the cane
Sea chase: Smuggler jailed
28-year-old illegal Indonesian also gets four strokes of the cane
Singapore/Schools - January 2008
2 students caught taking 'upskirt' pics of teacher
14-year-old boys receive caning in front of whole school
Singapore/Judicial - February 2008
Over 100 Penal Code changes take effect
Five new offences merit caning
Jail, cane for repeat offender since 15
38-year-old gets six strokes of rotan for "a host of crimes"
Satay man gets jail, caning for molesting girl, 9 (illustrated)
Offender, 47, pictured, must undergo six strokes of the cane
No absolute cap on cane strokes: Jaya
Parang gang's vicious spree
Law Minister says courts could order more than 24 strokes; 1987 armed robbery case which resulting in 48-stroke caning is recalled
That's my son, the pimp (illustrated)
22-year-old, pictured, is awarded a six-stroke caning
Singapore/Judicial - March 2008
Robber who hurt 2 prostitutes gets jail, cane (illustrated)
36-year-old, pictured, sentenced to 5 years in jail and 12 strokes of the cane
Freed from Thai prison, jailed for 1980s crimes
20 years after the event, six-stroke caning for robber, 46
Cleaner jailed, caned for molest
23-year-old who "rubbed carrot cake on his private parts" receives six strokes plus 1 year 9 months
Dad's sudden death made me repent (illustrated)
Former gangster, once caned 10 strokes, now a model employee, is pictured then (in his early 20s) and now, aged 32
Man gets jail, caning after 10 years on the run
Six strokes for 34-year-old robber
He climbs academic ladder then falls
Engineer, 31, turns drug trafficker, gets 25 years in prison and 24 strokes of the cane
Singapore/Judicial - April 2008
Hammer attack: 2 brothers jailed
Robbers aged 18 and 20 are also awarded 12 strokes of the cane each
Fatal assault in void deck: 3 get jail, cane
Three years and 6 strokes each after brutal attack
Singapore/Judicial - May 2008
Conned by job agents: caned for overstaying (illustrated)
Story of Chinese, 41, pictured, lured to S'pore for work, given four strokes of the cane
Ex-physiotherapist gets 15-month term, caning for molesting patient (illustrated)
Six strokes for 29-year-old, pictured
Repeat offender who targeted children gets 2 years' jail, 8 strokes (illustrated)
Serial molester, 38, is pictured
IT specialist jailed 25 years for sexually abusing stepdaughter
37-year-old also ordered to receive 24 strokes of the cane
Singapore/Judicial - June 2008
Preventive detention for molester who sniffed armpits
Recidivist, 36, locked up for 14 years and also gets 18 strokes of the cane
Grassroots leader gets jail, cane for molest (illustrated)
Ten months and 3 strokes for 46-year-old, pictured
Offences aplenty earn man jail, cane, fines, driving ban (illustrated)
Three strokes for loan shark's runner, 26, pictured
Man gets jail, cane for raping drunk colleague
Seven years and six strokes for date-rapist, 30
Man punched bus driver after missing his stop (illustrated)
23-year-old, pictured, gets 9 months' jail and three strokes of the cane
SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa/Schools - May 2008
Ten lashes for rape accused
Private school student, 20, caned by principal instead of being referred to police
TAIWAN
Taiwan/Schools - April 2008
MOE: Physical punishment down in Taiwan schools
Reduction in CP following 2006 legal ban
TANZANIA
Tanzania/Judicial - January 2008
Magistrate jails seven to 400 years
All 7 youths also awarded 12-stroke caning for armed robbery and firearm offences
Tanzania/Judicial - February 2008
Dar man jailed 30 years for defilement
Plus 12 strokes of the cane for 18-year-old
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Trinidad/Schools - March 2008
Bring back licks, says ex-principal
"The best channel to the brain is through the derriere", says former school boss
TURKEY
Turkey/Schools - April 2008
Officials sanction 'harsh discipline' on students
Istanbul school principal was seen spanking pupils
UGANDA
Uganda/Schools - February 2008
Dokolo Leader Calls for Caning in Schools
Head teachers agree to implement official's call for CP for undisciplined students
UNITED KINGDOM
UK/Schools - January 2008
Bouncers could teach schools discipline
Columnist pleads for restoration in schools of the masculine values and physical punishment that are gladly accepted at nightclubs and discos
UK/Domestic - February 2008
Parents who smack children without meaning to hurt them should not be punished, say sentencing chiefs
New guidance for English courts
UK/Schools - April 2008
'Smacking loophole' to be closed
Part-time school will no longer be able to use CP on the grounds that it is not legally a school
UNITED STATES
US/Illicit - January 2008
Woman loses a spanking case (with video clip)
Appeal court throws out compensation award as there was no sexual discrimination
US/Schools - January 2008
City schools report higher number of disciplinary actions
An Alabama district records 45 paddlings
Love calls for restoration of corporal punishment
Bring back paddle in West Virginia, says Senator
The paddle
Newspaper editorial supports school CP
Lawmakers push law that would ban paddling at school
More on the bid to abolish CP in Ohio
Basketball coach with hopes of returning to beloved Hamilton High (illustrated)
Coach, pictured, removed from post for using CP, is eager to see paddling restored in Memphis TN
Mother, activist protest student's paddling
Spanked boy had bruised bottom, they claim
Mom Says School Spanking "Crossed The Line" (with video clip)
Case of 12-year-old student paddled in North Carolina
Bill would ban corporal punishment in Ohio schools
To Paddle or Not? State Lawmakers to Decide (with video clip)
Only a few districts in the state still use it
US/Domestic - February 2008
Sparing the rod doesn't seem to work
Columnist challenges belief that CP is tantamount to child abuse
US/Schools - February 2008
A good swat can be a good life lesson for kids
Proposal for Ohio paddling ban provokes editor to point out that, in his view, CP actually works
Board revises paddling policy: Call home first
Parental consultation now required in a N. Carolina district
Hancock Co. principal to plead guilty to assaulting student (illustrated)
TN elementary principal, pictured, paddled boy
Hancock Co. student says paddling left him black and blue (illustrated)
Tennessee CP recipient is pictured
US/Judicial - March 2008
Collier deputy spanked, threatened to tase 11-year-old boy, report says
Florida police spanking was with mother's permission
A court officer takes up the paddle
Probation officer in Arkansas has been spanking juveniles for 20 years
US/Schools - March 2008
Cookson, SCC look for state title No. 13 (illustrated)
MO basketball coach, pictured with players, comes out of retirement, paddles them when necessary
Ville Platte High Student Paddled for Wearing Baggy Pants
Louisiana 12-year-old already had broken hip
Corporal punishment "made" the greatest generation
The greatest abuse is to let a child grow up without consequences for rulebreaking, asserts Florida columnist
US/Judicial - April 2008
ACLU reviews allegation of spanking by juvenile officer
CP by probation officer in AR will now cease, says judge
US/Schools - April 2008
Grand jury does not indict Hancock principal
Existence of bruises does not make school CP illegal, court holds
School paddling on decline
CP stats falling in Ohio
Superintendents oppose school discipline proposals
Louisiana school bosses differ over paddling but agree state should not intervene
Marion County Sheriff's Office Investigates Case of Excessive Discipline (with video clip)
TN boy, 11, had bruised behind after school paddling
Some area schools still spank
District-by-district paddling statistics for Ohio
School Board Unanimously Approves Corporal Punishment Policy Revision
Florida district will now paddle only if parents have signed consent form
Judge finds Brand not guilty in paddling case
Mississippi school principal who punished girl, 18, is cleared of assault
State, sheriff's department probe school paddling that left welts (illustrated) (with video clip)
Female student, 15, pictured, was willing to take swats but unprepared for the result
Paddle policy stuck in committee
No abolition of CP in Ohio any time soon
Mom Says School Took Corporal Punishment Too Far (illustrated) (with video clip)
Texas 17-year-old had marks on buttock, pictured, after high school paddling
Spare the rod, group urges
Advocacy group says North Carolina school paddlings should be more closely monitored
Spanking is behind the times
End school CP, urges NC columnist
US/Domestic - May 2008
Court gets behind spanking, to a degree
Minnesota Supreme Court holds that paddling your son is not necessarily abuse
US/Schools - May 2008
Mayor Herenton Wants Paddling Back in Schools (with video clip)
Calls for return of school CP in Memphis, banned since 2004
Bill to ban paddling in Ohio schools is hanging by a thin thread
Proposal to outlaw CP lacks support among lawmakers
US/Domestic - June 2008
Court sides with mother in whipping case (with video clip)
Indiana Supreme Court says punishment of son was reasonable, as bruises were "neither serious nor permanent"
US/Judicial - June 2008
South Texas judge offers paddling in courtroom (with video clip)
98% of parents choose CP option instead of fine, he says
Judge defends 'spanking' policy
He explains paddling procedure, says 500 people have opted to paddle their youngsters in his court
History favors plaintiffs in corporal punishment cases
Three previous courtroom spanking episodes discussed
Without a paddle (with video clip)
Judge loses right to offer CP option in court
US/Schools - June 2008
Teacher tells 'Dr. Phil' corporal punishment works
Explains on TV that she was assigned to a Mississippi school and found paddling was effective
Dear Hearts and Gentle People
Columnist is outraged by behaviour on TV of 8-year-old brat
Trustees consider going electronic with handbook
Plus changes to CP rules in a Texas district
School board backs action
TX district upholds principal over paddling of girl
Paddles would solve the problem
Ohio letterwriter clarifies difference between discipline and abuse
 To view all the above items in a single date sequence irrespective of country, with a separate link to each individual item, see News Chronology 2008
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