ÿþ<html><head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-16"> <title>WORLD CORPORAL PUNISHMENT ARCHIVE 2008</title> <META name="description" content="Archive of press items from 2008 on corporal punishment around the world (schools, judicial, prisons, institutions)"></head> <body> <a href="index.htm"><img src="corpun.gif" alt="corpun" border=0></a><img src="wcpr.gif" alt="World Corporal Punishment Research"><br> <center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial" size="+1" color="#008040"><i><B>www.corpun.com</B></i></font></center> <p><img src="rainbow.gif" alt="ruler" width="100%" height=5> <TABLE BGCOLOR="#FFFFbb" WIDTH="100%"> <TR> <TD> <FONT FACE="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,sans-serif"><SMALL> <A title="go to front page" HREF="index.htm"><STRONG><i>www.corpun.com</i></STRONG></A> &nbsp; :&nbsp; <a href="archive.htm">Archive</a> &nbsp; : &nbsp; 2008</SMALL></FONT></TD></TR> </TABLE> </p><h1 align="center"><font color="#FF80C0" face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial">THE ARCHIVE</font></h1> <p align="center"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><b><i>News items about corporal punishment, classified by country, type and month.</i></b></font></p> <hr size="3"> <FONT SIZE="-1"><p><i>ALL THE ARCHIVE PAGES ARE COLOUR CODED: GREEN background for judicial CP, BEIGE background for school CP, WHITE background for other kinds of CP (domestic, prison, military, reformatory)</i></p> </FONT> <h1><font color="#FF0000" face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial">Archive - 2008</font></h1> <p align="center"> <font size="2"> <a href="#world">The&nbsp;World</a> ¦ <a href="#antigua">Antigua&nbsp;&&nbsp;Barbuda</a> ¦ <a href="#oz">Australia</a> ¦ <a href="#bahamas">The&nbsp;Bahamas</a> ¦ <a href="#barbados">Barbados</a> ¦ <a href="#botswana">Botswana</a> ¦ <a href="#brunei">Brunei</a> ¦ <a href="#canada">Canada</a> ¦ <a href="#fiji">Fiji</a> ¦ <a href="#france">France</a> ¦ <a href="#guyana">Guyana</a> ¦ <a href="#india">India</a> ¦ <a href="#iran">Iran</a> ¦ <a href="#jamaica">Jamaica</a> ¦ <a href="#kenya">Kenya</a> ¦ <a href="#malaysia">Malaysia</a> ¦ <a href="#maldives">Maldives</a> ¦ <a href="#nigeria">Nigeria</a> ¦ <a href="#png">Papua&nbsp;New&nbsp;Guinea</a> ¦ <a href="#russia">Russia</a> ¦ <a href="#sthelena">St&nbsp;Helena</a> ¦ <a href="#saudi">Saudi&nbsp;Arabia</a> ¦ <a href="#sierraleone">Sierra&nbsp;Leone</a> ¦ <a href="#singapore">Singapore</a> ¦ <a href="#southafrica">South&nbsp;Africa</a> ¦ <a href="#sudan">Sudan</a> ¦ <a href="#swaziland">Swaziland</a> ¦ <a href="#taiwan">Taiwan</a> ¦ <a href="#tanzania">Tanzania</a> ¦ <a href="#thailand">Thailand</a> ¦ <a href="#trinidad">Trinidad & Tobago</a> ¦ <a href="#turkey">Turkey</a> ¦ <a href="#uganda">Uganda</a> ¦ <a href="#uk">United&nbsp;Kingdom</a> ¦ <a href="#usa">United&nbsp;States</a> ¦ </font></P> <hr size="3"> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td width="73" bgcolor="#D98719">&nbsp;</td> <td width="618"> <br> <a name="world"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/archive/globe.png" alt="globe" width="20" height="20"> <font size="4"><b><i>THE WORLD<br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="xxs00805.htm"><b>The World/Schools and domestic - May 2008</b></a><br> Spare the rod, say some <I><B>(with cartoon)</B></I><br> <font size=-1>The Economist<I> offers global overview of spanking, notes trend towards banning it in richer countries, describes UN campaign as "dotty"</i></font><p> </blockquote> <br> <a name="antigua"></a> </p> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-ag.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>ANTIGUA & BARBUDA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="agj00809.htm"><b>Antigua & Barbuda/Judicial - September 2008</b></a><br> Parole violator to be flogged<br> <font size=-1><i>Eight strokes ordered for drug possessor, 16</i></font><p> </blockquote> <BR> <a name="oz"></a> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-au.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>AUSTRALIA<br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="aus00802.htm"><b>Australia/Schools - February 2008</b></a><br> 'Bring back cane' to curb violence<br> <font size=-1><i>School CP is needed to restore respect and responsibility, say local politicians in Queensland</i></font></p> <P>Sad lesson: A slap for authority<br> <font size=-1><i>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</i></font></p> <p><a href="aus00810.htm"><b>Australia/Schools - October 2008</b></a><br> Govt moves to ban corporal punishment<br> <font size=-1><i>Still technically legal in South Australia</i></font></p> <a name="bahamas"></a> </blockquote> <BR><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-bs.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>THE BAHAMAS<br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="bsj00801.htm"><b>Bahamas/Judicial - January 2008</b></a><br> Court of Appeal issues stay of flogging sentence for rapist<br> <font size=-1><i>Infliction of cat-o'-nine-tails postponed</i></font><p> <p><a href="bsj00802.htm"><b>Bahamas/Judicial - February 2008</b></a><br> No Flogging For Child Rapist<br> <font size=-1><i>Court of appeal throws out cat-o'-nine-tails sentence</i></font><p> <p><a href="bss00806.htm"><b>Bahamas/Schools - June 2008</b></a><br> Turnquest supports corporal punishment<br> <font size=-1><i>Government minister welcomes news that some school principals still cane</i></font><p> <p><a href="bsj00812.htm"><b>Bahamas/Judicial - December 2008</b></a><br> Corporal punishment law to be repealed<br> <font size=-1><i>Govt intends to abolish JCP, but meanwhile a tamarind rod (birching) sentence has just been carried out</i></font><p> <br> <a name="barbados"></a> </p> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-bb.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>BARBADOS</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="bbs00807.htm"><b>Barbados/Schools - July 2008</b></a><br> No, No, Mr Minister, don't banish the belt!<br> <font size=-1><i>Secondary school principals reject suggestion of abolishing CP</i></font><p> Corporal punishment: A global view<br> <font size=-1><i>UN committee's dictates are not binding, says school head</i></font><p> Don't hang up the strap<br> <font size=-1><i>Ministry is considering banning CP, but educators disagree</i></font><p> <br> <a name="botswana"></a> </p> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-bw.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>BOTSWANA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="bws00802.htm"><b>Botswana/Schools - February 2008</b></a><br> Kgosi, President Admonish Wayward Students<br> <font size=-1><i>Out-of-control schoolboys need caning, say politicians</i></font></p> <p><a href="bwj00805.htm"><b>Botswana/Judicial - May 2008</b></a><br> DJ in Court With Stolen Trousers<br> <font size=-1><i>"Four strokes on the bare buttocks" for shoplifter, 27</i></font><p> <p><a href="bwj00806.htm"><b>Botswana/Judicial - June 2008</b></a><br> Bully Relative Lashed <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>"Jealous" man, pictured, gets four strokes plus suspended jail term for stabbing</i></font><p> <p><a href="bwj00807.htm"><b>Botswana/Judicial - July 2008</b></a><br> Case Of Mistaken Identity Lands Guards In Hot Soup<br> <font size=-1><i>Four security guards get four lashes each for assault</i></font><p> Violent Son Gets 4 Lashes<br> <font size=-1><i>28-year-old assaulted his own mother</i></font><p> Man Gets Four Strokes For Touching Woman's Private Parts<br> <font size=-1><i>Man, 35, was drunk at the time</i></font><p> Three Lashes For Assaulting And Wounding Girlfriend <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>26-year-old, pictured, left court with "stinging lashes on his backside"</i></font><p> <p><a href="bwj00808.htm"><b>Botswana/Judicial - August 2008</b></a><br> Whipped and Deported<br> <font size=-1><i>Three strokes of the cane each for two illegal immigrants, one of whom had been whipped for a different offence only the previous day</i></font><p> <p><a href="bwj00812.htm"><b>Botswana/Judicial - December 2008</b></a><br> Lashed <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>27-year-old, pictured, receives whipping sentence immediately</i></font><p> Saved By Age<br> <font size=-1><i>Judge tells woman batterer, 43, that were he under 40 "I would have bended </I>[sic]<I> you over the bench, walloped your buttocks hard"</i></font><p> <br> <a name="brunei"></a> </p> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-bn.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>BRUNEI<br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="bnj00803.htm"><b>Brunei/Judicial - March 2008</b></a><br> Jail, whipping for immigration offender<br> <font size=-1><i>20-year-old gets the standard three strokes of the cane</i></font><p> Four get jail terms and lashes for Tutong burglaries<br> <font size=-1><i>Including a 9-stroke caning for a 19-year-old</i></font><p> <p><a href="bnj00804.htm"><b>Brunei/Judicial - April 2008</b></a><br> 9 Foreigners Jailed For Gang Robbery<br> <font size=-1><i>Eight of them also sentenced to 12 strokes of the cane each</i></font><p> <p><a href="bnj00805.htm"><b>Brunei/Judicial - May 2008</b></a><br> 20 years' jail and 15 lashes for Syabu trio<br> <font size=-1><i>Three young men were trafficking drugs</i></font><p> <br> <a name="canada"></a> <BR> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-ca.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>CANADA<br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="cas00802.htm"><b>Canada/Schools - February 2008</b></a><br> School staff facing assault charges<br> <font size=-1><i>Mennonite private school in trouble for using CP</i></font><p> <p><a href="cas00803.htm"><b>Canada/Schools - March 2008</b></a><br> Teachers admit strapping pupils<br> <font size=-1><i>Seven boys punished with belt</i></font><p> <p><a href="cad00806.htm"><b>Canada/Domestic - June 2008</b></a><br> Why the Senate wants to hit spanking parents with law change<BR> <FONT SIZE="-1"><I>Yet more parliamentary arguments about parental CP</I></FONT></P> <P>Kill this 'Nanny State' bill<br> <font size=-1><i>Columnist attacks new attempt to ban parental spanking</i></font><p> Anti-spanking lunatics are BaaaaaCk!<br> <font size=-1><i>Writer points out that 80% of Canadians support domestic CP</i></font><p> <p><a href="cas00807.htm"><b>Canada/Schools - July 2008</b></a><br> Bum rap ends in absolute discharge for Mennonites<br> <font size=-1><i>Educators in "culture clash" had strapped seven boys</i></font><p> <a name="fiji"></a> </blockquote> <BR><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-fj.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>FIJI<br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="fjj00801.htm"><b>Fiji/Judicial - January 2008</b></a><br> Court orders cane and jail<br> <font size=-1><i>Four strokes ordered for 23-year-old for violent robbery</i></font><p> Stroke of cane still valid: Director<br> <font size=-1><i>JCP is still on the statute book</i></font><p> <p><a href="fjj00802.htm"><b>Fiji/Judicial - February 2008</b></a><br> Caning order thrown out<br> <font size=-1><i>JCP sentences are unconstitutional, says High Court</i></font></p> <a name="france"></a> </blockquote> <P><BR><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-fr.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>FRANCE<br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="frs00808.htm"><b>France/Schools - August 2008</b></a><br> Teacher Fined, Praised for Slap <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Middle-school teacher, pictured, prosecuted for slapping insolent student, gets support of public opinion</i></font></p> <a name="guyana"></a> </blockquote> <P><BR><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-gy.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>GUYANA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="gys00810.htm"><b>Guyana/Schools - October 2008</b></a><br> Corporal punishment to be reintroduced in Guyana's schools<br> <font size=-1><i>Education Minister responds to concerns about rising violence</i></font></p> <a name="india"></a> </blockquote> <P><BR><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-in.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>INDIA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="inj00812.htm"><b>India/Judicial - December 2008</b></a><br> Wild and violent school boys given bitter medicine by KYKL-UNLF<br> <font size=-1><i>15 youths receive 10 lashes each from Manipur rebel forces for beating up bus driver</i></font></p> <br> <a name="iran"></a> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-ir.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>IRAN<br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="irj00801.htm"><b>Iran/Judicial - January 2008</b></a><br> Two youths to be flogged and cast off a cliff<br> <font size=-1><i>100 lashes each for rape</i></font><p> <p><a href="irj00804.htm"><b>Iran/Judicial - April 2008</b></a><br> Flogging or jail for bad driving<br> <font size=-1><i>Dangerous behaviour on roads will now attract sentence of 74 lashes</i></font></p> <p><a href="irj00806.htm"><b>Iran/Judicial - June 2008</b></a><br> Flogging an effective deterrent, says senior official<br> <font size=-1><i>Head of Judicial Authority says imprisonment is useless, urges judges to impose more public floggings</i></font><p> <a name="jamaica"></a> <BR> <BR></blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-jm.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>JAMAICA<br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="jms00803.htm"><b>Jamaica/Schools - March 2008</b></a><br> Caning: Six of the best<br> <font size=-1><i>Columnist recalls punishment on his last day at school</i></font><p> Corporal punishment not a form of violence -- students<br> <font size=-1><i>Results of a survey in schools</i></font><p> <a name="kenya"></a> <BR> <BR></blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-ke.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>KENYA<br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="kes00804.htm"><b>Kenya/Schools - April 2008</b></a><br> To cane students or not? Teachers and parents differ<br> Forget about bringing back the rod, says lobby group<br> <font size=-1><i>Controversy still raging about school CP</i></font><p> <a name="malaysia"></a> <BR> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-my.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>MALAYSIA<br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="myj00801.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - January 2008</b></a><br> 5 years' jail for burying own baby alive <B><I>(illustrated)</I></B><br> <font size=-1><i>38-year-old, pictured, also ordered to receive four strokes of the cane</i></font><p> Ex-athlete gets jail, rotan for cannabis <B><I>(illustrated)</I></B><br> <font size=-1><i>7 years' jail plus 10 strokes of the cane for drug possessor, 37, pictured</i></font><p> Incest: Farmer gets 12 years, 3 strokes<br> <font size=-1><i>37-year-old raped his underage stepdaughter</i></font><p> Whipping And Jail For RM50 Robbery<br> <font size=-1><i>Offenders aged 22 and 34 get four strokes each</i></font><p> <br> <p><a href="myj00802.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - February 2008</b></a><br> 12 years for raping friend's wife<br> <font size=-1><i>26-year-old is also ordered to receive a 3-stroke caning</i></font><p> Jail and rotan for rape<br> <font size=-1><i>Six strokes and 8 years for 23-year-old</i></font><p> Jail and whipping for bouncer who cheated businessman<br> <font size=-1><i>Fake policeman, 39, sentenced to five years, five strokes</i></font><p> <br> <p><a href="myj00803.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - March 2008</b></a><br> Gardeners jailed 11 years<br> <font size=-1><i>Two also get 10 strokes of the rotan each for possessing drugs</i></font><p> He finally admits raping daughter<br> <font size=-1><i>43-year-old sentenced to 15 years and 15 strokes</i></font><p> Rape: Local youth gets 9 years, cane<br> <font size=-1><i>Three strokes for 22-year-old</i></font><p> Contractor on drug charge escapes gallows<br> <font size=-1><i>40-year-old gets 12 years' jail and 10 strokes of the rotan</i></font><p> Jail, caning for oral sex<br> <font size=-1><i>Man, 21, had sex with girl, 7</i></font><p> Man sentenced to 12 years' jail<br> <font size=-1><i>22-year-old also gets a six-stroke caning for possessing gun and bullets</i></font><p> <br> <p><a href="myj00804.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - April 2008</b></a><br> Fish breeder pleads guilty to possessing cannabis<br> <font size=-1><i>10 strokes of the rotan for 25-year-old</i></font><p> Jail and rotan for two found guilty of rape<br> <font size=-1><i>Rapists given long jail terms and heavy canings</i></font><p> Whipping for illegal road racers<br> <font size=-1><i>Motorbike racers will get 3 strokes of the cane under proposed new law</i></font><p> 30 years for rape, assault <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Duo aged 20 and 29, pictured, also get 20 and 25 strokes of the cane respectively</i></font><p> 57 years jail and 12 strokes for raping relative<br> <font size=-1><i>56-year-old to be caned under new rule allowing JCP for older rapists</i></font><p> <br> <p><a href="mys00804.htm"><b>Malaysia/Schools - April 2008</b></a><br> Three steps before teachers use the cane<br> <font size=-1><i>New disciplinary procedure will make caning a last resort</i></font><p> <br> <p><a href="myj00805.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - May 2008</b></a><br> 9 years' jail and caning for sodomy<br> <font size=-1><i>29-year-old is awarded three strokes after attack on teenage boys</i></font><p> Man gets 10 years' jail for drug possession<br> <font size=-1><i>Plus 10 strokes of the rotan for man, 25</i></font><p> Jail and rotan for duo who raped teacher <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Rapists, 26 and 34, pictured, each ordered to receive six strokes of the rotan in addition to long jail terms</i></font><p> 15 years' jail, 16 strokes for rapist stepfather<br> <font size=-1><i>Man, 34, started forced sex with stepdaughter when she was only six</i></font><p> <br> <p><a href="myj00806.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - June 2008</b></a><br> Despatch rider gets lower jail term <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Drug offender, 23, pictured, also has his rotan sentence reduced from four strokes to three</i></font><p> Ex-religious teacher fails to get jail term reduced<br> <font size=-1><i>39-year-old will shortly walk free but must first receive 10 strokes of the rotan</i></font><p> Indon contract worker, self-employed escape gallows<br> <font size=-1><i>Trafficking charges reduced to drug possession; jail plus 10 strokes each for two in their 20s</i></font><p> <br> <p><a href="myj00807.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - July 2008</b></a><br> Reluctant trip home for illegals <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Filipino workers, pictured, are caned and deported for overstaying</i></font><p> Man gets jail and whipping for firearm possession<BR> <font size=-1><i>Six strokes of the rotan for 23-year-old</i></font><p> Youth spared the gallows<BR> <font size=-1><i>Drug offender, 22, is given seven years in jail and 10 strokes of the cane</i></font><p> Caning fails to deter illegal immigrants from returning<BR> <font size=-1><i>4,326 migrant workers, previously caned and deported, returned to Sabah over four years</i></font><p> 20 years for sex assault on 5-year-old girl <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><BR> <font size=-1><i>Rapist, 47, pictured, also ordered to receive 20 strokes of the rotan</i></font></p> <p><a href="myj00808.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - August 2008</b></a><br> Serial rapist gets 12 more years <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>34-year-old, pictured, is also ordered six strokes of the rotan</i></font></p> <P>Filipino gets 5 years for possessing syabu <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><BR> <font size=-1><i>And 10 strokes of the cane for drug possessor, 33, pictured</i></font></p> <P>30 months, 3 strokes each for gang robbery<BR> <font size=-1><i>Light sentence for duo, 19 and 20, who threatened friend with parang</i></font></p> <P>Grandpa gets 40 years' jail for rape<BR> <font size=-1><i>57-year-old who raped his granddaughter is also sentenced to 24 strokes of the cane</i></font></p> <P>Youth to spend 27 years behind bars for rape of minor<BR> <font size=-1><i>Plus 20 strokes of the rotan for 21-year-old</i></font></p> <p><a href="myj00809.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - September 2008</b></a><br> Indonesian jailed 10½ years for having drugs<br> <font size=-1><i>And 10 strokes of the rotan for 28-year-old</i></font></p> <P>Red apple trick on girl lands him in jail <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Molester, 21, pictured, also gets one stroke of the rotan</i></font></p> <p><a href="myj00810.htm"><b>Malaysia/Judicial - October 2008</b></a><br> Travel agent gets 17 years' jail for rape, robbery <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>24-year-old, pictured, also gets three strokes of the rotan</i></font></p> <BR><BR> <a name="maldives"></a> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-mv.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="15"> <font size="4"><b><i>MALDIVES</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="mvj00806.htm"><b>Maldives/Judicial - June 2008</b></a><br> Lashings Punishment Resumes<br> <font size=-1><i>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"</i></font><p> <br> <a name="nigeria"></a> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-ng.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="15"> <font size="4"><b><i>NIGERIA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="ngj00802.htm"><b>Nigeria/Judicial - February 2008</b></a><br> Youths receive 24 strokes for assault<br> <font size=-1><i>Three young men ordered by court to receive eight strokes of the cane each</i></font><p> <p><a href="ngj00804.htm"><b>Nigeria/Judicial - April 2008</b></a><br> Day of reckoning for Kaduna lesbians<br> <font size=-1><i>Court gives twentysomething women 20 strokes of the cane each</i></font><p> <p><a href="ngj00806.htm"><b>Nigeria/Judicial - June 2008</b></a><br> Student gets 10 lashes for car theft<br> <font size=-1><i>Caning for 17-year-old; also ordered to clean up court premises</i></font></p> <P>Man bags 10 years jail term over rape<br> <font size=-1><i>Plus 41 strokes of the cane for 43-year-old</i></font></p> <p><a href="ngj00807.htm"><b>Nigeria/Judicial - July 2008</b></a><br> Man, 25, gets 12 strokes for stealing<br> <font size=-1><i>Punishment carried out immediately in magistrates' court premises</i></font></p> <BR><p><a href="ngj00810.htm"><b>Nigeria/Judicial - October 2008</b></a><br> Nigerian man jailed for idleness<br> <font size=-1><i>20-year-old, brought to court by own father, also receives 30 strokes of the cane</i></font></p> <br> <a name="png"></a> <BR></blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-pg.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="15"> <font size="4"><b><i>PAPUA NEW GUINEA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="pgj00807.htm"><b>Papua New Guinea/Judicial - July 2008</b></a><br> Magistrate caned for whipping<br> <font size=-1><i>Court ordered offfender to be whipped by his wife</i></font><p> <br> <a name="russia"></a> <BR></blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-ru.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="15"> <font size="4"><b><i>RUSSIA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="ruj00812.htm"><b>Russia/Judicial - December 2008</b></a><br> Corporal Punishment Museum Arouses Interest<br> <font size=-1><i>New museum in Moscow (though "CP" here evidently interpreted very loosely)</i></font><p> <br> <a name="sthelena"></a> <BR></blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-sh.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="15"> <font size="4"><b><i>ST HELENA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="shs00804.htm"><b>St Helena/Schools - April 2008</b></a><br> St Helena Exco Report<br> <font size=-1><i>School caning abolished under new Bill</i></font><p> <br> <a name="saudi"></a> <BR></blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-sa.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="15"> <font size="4"><b><i>SAUDI ARABIA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="saj00805.htm"><b>Saudi Arabia/Judicial - May 2008</b></a><br> Bahraini on Death Row 'was framed'<br> <font size=-1><i>46-year-old gets 15 years in jail and 1,500 lashes instead of death sentence</i></font></p> <P>Government Must Codify Taaziri Punishment Rules<BR> <font size=-1><i>Article criticises inconsistent and excessive JCP sentences</i></font></p> <p><a href="saj00810.htm"><b>Saudi Arabia/Judicial - October 2008</b></a><br> 'Egypt doctor's Saudi lashing worse than death'<br> <font size=-1><i>1,500 lashes plus 15 years in jail for giving woman morphine</i></font></p> <a name="sierraleone"></a> <BR></blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-sl.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="15"> <font size="4"><b><i>SIERRA LEONE</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="slj00807.htm"><b>Sierra Leone/Judicial - July 2008</b></a><br> 19-Year-Old Subject to Public Flogging<br> <font size=-1><i>Petty thief receives 12 lashes in public view in the courtroom</i></font><p> <br> <BR><a name="singapore"></a> </p> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-sg.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="15"> <font size="4"><b><i>SINGAPORE<br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="sgj00801.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - January 2008</b></a><br> Brothers in trouble <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Siblings aged 22 and 23, pictured, each get 24 strokes of the cane</i></font><p> Jail and caning for robber who hurt two prostitutes <i><b>(illustrated)</b></i><br> <font size=-1><i>12 strokes and five years the sentence for 36-year-old, pictured</i></font><p> Man gets jail, cane for raping stepdaughter, 14<br> <font size=-1><i>44-year-old receives maximum of 14 years and 24 strokes</i></font><p> Caning, jail for bid to flee from court <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Robber, 26, pictured, ordered to receive 15 strokes</i></font><p> Ex-inmate to seek court redress for 3 extra strokes <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>20-year-old, pictured, was ordered 5 strokes but given 8 by mistake</i></font><p> Child rapist caught on clip molesting fiancee's daughter<br> <font size=-1><i>Man, 29, is given 26 years in prison and ordered to undergo 24 strokes of the cane</i></font><p> Sea chase: Smuggler jailed<br> <font size=-1><i>28-year-old illegal Indonesian also gets four strokes of the cane</i></font><p> <br> <a href="sgs00801.htm"><b>Singapore/Schools - January 2008</b></a><br> 2 students caught taking 'upskirt' pics of teacher<br> <font size=-1><i>14-year-old boys receive caning in front of whole school</i></font><p> <BR><p><a href="sgj00802.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - February 2008</b></a><br> Over 100 Penal Code changes take effect<br> <font size=-1><i>Five new offences merit caning</i></font><p> Jail, cane for repeat offender since 15<br> <font size=-1><i>38-year-old gets six strokes of rotan for "a host of crimes"</i></font><p> Satay man gets jail, caning for molesting girl, 9 <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Offender, 47, pictured, must undergo six strokes of the cane</i></font><p> No absolute cap on cane strokes: Jaya<br> Parang gang's vicious spree<BR> <font size=-1><i>Law Minister says courts could order more than 24 strokes; 1987 armed robbery case which resulting in 48-stroke caning is recalled</i></font><p> That's my son, the pimp <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><BR> <font size=-1><i>22-year-old, pictured, is awarded a six-stroke caning</i></font><p> <BR><p><a href="sgj00803.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - March 2008</b></a><br> Robber who hurt 2 prostitutes gets jail, cane <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>36-year-old, pictured, sentenced to 5 years in jail and 12 strokes of the cane</i></font><p> Freed from Thai prison, jailed for 1980s crimes<br> <font size=-1><i>20 years after the event, six-stroke caning for robber, 46</i></font><p> Cleaner jailed, caned for molest<br> <font size=-1><i>23-year-old who "rubbed carrot cake on his private parts" receives six strokes plus 1 year 9 months</i></font><p> Dad's sudden death made me repent <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><BR> <font size=-1><i>Former gangster, once caned 10 strokes, now a model employee, is pictured then (in his early 20s) and now, aged 32</i></font><p> Man gets jail, caning after 10 years on the run<BR> <font size=-1><i>Six strokes for 34-year-old robber</i></font><p> He climbs academic ladder then falls<BR> <font size=-1><i>Engineer, 31, turns drug trafficker, gets 25 years in prison and 24 strokes of the cane</i></font><p> <BR><p><a href="sgj00804.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - April 2008</b></a><br> Hammer attack: 2 brothers jailed<br> <font size=-1><i>Robbers aged 18 and 20 are also awarded 12 strokes of the cane each</i></font><p> Fatal assault in void deck: 3 get jail, cane<br> <font size=-1><i>Three years and 6 strokes each after brutal attack</i></font><p> <BR><p><a href="sgj00805.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - May 2008</b></a><br> Conned by job agents: caned for overstaying <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Story of Chinese, 41, pictured, lured to S'pore for work, given four strokes of the cane</i></font><p> Ex-physiotherapist gets 15-month term, caning for molesting patient <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Six strokes for 29-year-old, pictured</i></font><p> Repeat offender who targeted children gets 2 years' jail, 8 strokes <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Serial molester, 38, is pictured</i></font><p> IT specialist jailed 25 years for sexually abusing stepdaughter<br> <font size=-1><i>37-year-old also ordered to receive 24 strokes of the cane</i></font><p> <BR><p><a href="sgj00806.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - June 2008</b></a><br> Preventive detention for molester who sniffed armpits<br> <font size=-1><i>Recidivist, 36, locked up for 14 years and also gets 18 strokes of the cane</i></font><p> Grassroots leader gets jail, cane for molest <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Ten months and 3 strokes for 46-year-old, pictured</i></font><p> Offences aplenty earn man jail, cane, fines, driving ban <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Three strokes for loan shark's runner, 26, pictured</i></font><p> Man gets jail, cane for raping drunk colleague<br> <font size=-1><i>Seven years and six strokes for date-rapist, 30</i></font><p> Man punched bus driver after missing his stop <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>23-year-old, pictured, gets 9 months' jail and three strokes of the cane</i></font><p> <BR><p><a href="sgj00807.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - July 2008</b></a><br> Stabbing spree: Poly student jailed for 16 yrs <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>23-year-old, pictured, also gets 16 strokes of the cane</i></font><p> I want to kill ex-girlfriend, and 5 people I hate: Jilted soldier <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I> <I><B>(with video clips)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>NS man, 20, pictured, gets 9 years' jail and 18 strokes of the cane for going AWOL with rifle and bullets</i></font><p> He told 3 tales to 3 people<br> <font size=-1><i>More on national serviceman who stole gun and ammunition</i></font><p> 'My heart hurts for you' <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Judge, pictured, is moved by tale of errant soldier, 20, pictured</i></font><p> Culpable, just being in his company<br> <font size=-1><i>Lawyer questions jail and caning sentence for "accomplice" of AWOL soldier</i></font><p> NSF who went AWOL with rifle sentenced to nine years and two months' jail, 18 strokes <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><BR> <font size=-1><i>A different paper's take on the case, with more pictures</i></font><p> <BR><p><a href="sgj00808.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - August 2008</b></a><br> Man slashed woman for resisting robbery<br> <font size=-1><i>6 years' jail plus 18 strokes of the cane for 33-year-old</i></font><p> Trio spared the gallows<br> <font size=-1><i>Three drug-traffickers get heavy jail and caning sentences instead</i></font><p> Caning error: Ex-inmate accepts mediated settlement <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Government pays compensation to 21-year-old, pictured, who was given too many strokes by mistake</i></font><p> <BR><p><a href="sgj00809.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - September 2008</b></a><br> Pimp gets jail and cane for robbing duo in hotel <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Six strokes of the cane for 33-year-old, pictured</i></font><p> Man jailed for sex with 12-year-old girl<br> <font size=-1><i>Offender, 32, also ordered to receive 18 strokes</i></font><p> Court escape: 2nd man pleads guilty <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>32-year-old, pictured, had already received 24 cane strokes for earlier offences</i></font><p> <p><BR><a href="sgp00809.htm"><b>Singapore/Prisons - September 2008</b></a><br> New check on punishing prisoners<br> <font size=-1><i>Canings for internal prison discipline will now have to be approved by committee</i></font></p> <p><BR><a href="sgj00810.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - October 2008</b></a><br> Jail and cane for lock-up escapee <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Court orders 12 years plus 24 strokes for 29-year-old, pictured</i></font></p> <p><BR><a href="sgj00811.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - November 2008</b></a><br> Dog killer jailed <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>33-year-old, pictured, also sentenced to six strokes of the cane for drug abuse</i></font></p> <P>Serial robber to spend next 20 years behind bars <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Career criminal, now 56, pictured, was caned in 1975, 1981, 1985, 1986 and 1992</i></font></p> <P>Youth jailed for robbery<br> <font size=-1><i>Recidivist, 21, also ordered to receive 12 strokes of the cane</i></font></p> <p><BR><a href="sgj00812.htm"><b>Singapore/Judicial - December 2008</b></a><br> Teen rape case: Jail and cane for 2<br> <font size=-1><i>Both aged 22, they molested girl at party; one gets 3 strokes, the other six</i></font></p> <P>Youth gets jail, cane for molesting two girls <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Six strokes of the cane for 19-year-old, pictured</i></font></p> <P>24-stroke caning cap to be formalised<br> <font size=-1><i>Changes in law and procedure for JCP sentences</i></font></p> <a name="southafrica"></a> <BR> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-za.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>SOUTH AFRICA<br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="zas00805.htm"><b>South Africa/Schools - May 2008</b></a><br> Ten lashes for rape accused<br> <font size=-1><i>Private school student, 20, caned by principal instead of being referred to police</i></font><p> <a name="sudan"></a> <BR> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-sd.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>SUDAN</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="sdj00805.htm"><b>Sudan/Judicial - May 2008</b></a><br> Court whips Ladu <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>20-year-old is pictured receiving 20 lashes ordered by judge</i></font><p> <a name="swaziland"></a> <BR> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-sz.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>SWAZILAND</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="szs00810.htm"><b>Swaziland/Schools - October 2008</b></a><br> Top school reveals secret weapon for 2008 exams<br> <font size=-1><i>"Best high school in the country" still believes in corporal punishment</i></font><p> <a name="taiwan"></a> <BR> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-tw.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>TAIWAN<br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="tws00804.htm"><b>Taiwan/Schools - April 2008</b></a><br> MOE: Physical punishment down in Taiwan schools<br> <font size=-1><i>Reduction in CP following 2006 legal ban</i></font><p> <a name="tanzania"></a> <BR> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-tz.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>TANZANIA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="tzj00801.htm"><b>Tanzania/Judicial - January 2008</b></a><br> Magistrate jails seven to 400 years<br> <font size=-1><i>All 7 youths also awarded 12-stroke caning for armed robbery and firearm offences</i></font><p> <br> <p><a href="tzj00802.htm"><b>Tanzania/Judicial - February 2008</b></a><br> Dar man jailed 30 years for defilement<br> <font size=-1><i>Plus 12 strokes of the cane for 18-year-old</i></font><p> <br> <p><a href="tzj00807.htm"><b>Tanzania/Judicial - July 2008</b></a><br> Student to be caned for rape<br> <font size=-1><i>Court orders six strokes for youth, 20</i></font></p> <P>Man sentenced 35 years for defiling 7-year-old boy<br> <font size=-1><i>Plus five strokes of the cane for peasant, 25</i></font></p> <P>Court Orders Girl to Be Canned <I>[sic]</I> Six Strokes<br> <font size=-1><i>14-year-old schoolgirl gets six strokes of the cane for stealing from her mother</i></font></p> <a name="thailand"></a> <BR> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-th.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>THAILAND</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="ths00808.htm"><b>Thailand/Schools - August 2008</b></a><br> Student protesters caned by teacher<br> <font size=-1><i>Eight students allegedly receive caning, which is now illegal</i></font></p> <P>Students caned for absence, not protest<br> <font size=-1><i>Fuss over punishment of truants</i></font></p> <P>Teacher steps down after caning row but respected by students<br> <font size=-1><i>Girl claims caned 18 times</i></font></p> <p><BR><a href="ths00810.htm"><b>Thailand/Schools - October 2008</b></a><br> Caning, expulsions could be revived<br> <font size=-1><i>Education Minister looks to reintroduce CP at college and university</i></font></p> <a name="trinidad"></a> <BR> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-tt.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>TRINIDAD & TOBAGO</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="tts00803.htm"><b>Trinidad/Schools - March 2008</b></a><br> Bring back licks, says ex-principal<br> <font size=-1><i>"The best channel to the brain is through the derriere", says former school boss</i></font></p> <a name="turkey"></a> <BR> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-tr.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="16"> <font size="4"><b><i>TURKEY</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="trs00804.htm"><b>Turkey/Schools - April 2008</b></a><br> Officials sanction 'harsh discipline' on students<br> <font size=-1><i>Istanbul school principal was seen spanking pupils</i></font></p> <br> <a name="uganda"></a> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-ug.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="15"> <font size="4"><b><i>UGANDA</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><BR><a href="ugs00802.htm"><b>Uganda/Schools - February 2008</b></a><br> Dokolo Leader Calls for Caning in Schools<br> <font size=-1><i>Head teachers agree to implement official's call for CP for undisciplined students</i></font></p> <p><a href="ugs00811.htm"><b>Uganda/Schools - November 2008</b></a><br> Teachers Face Axe Over Caning<br> <font size=-1><i>If they carry on using CP they will be sacked, says education minister</i></font></p> <a name="uk"></a> <BR></blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-gb.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="15"> <font size="4"><b><i>UNITED KINGDOM</i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <p><a href="uks00801.htm"><b>UK/Schools - January 2008</b></a><br> Bouncers could teach schools discipline<br> <font size=-1><i>Columnist pleads for restoration in schools of the masculine values and physical punishment that are gladly accepted at nightclubs and discos</i></font></p> <p><BR><a href="ukd00802.htm"><b>UK/Domestic - February 2008</b></a><br> Parents who smack children without meaning to hurt them should not be punished, say sentencing chiefs<br> <font size=-1><i>New guidance for English courts</i></font></p> <P>Why smacking is a hit again<BR> <font size=-1><i>Parents "no longer dismissing corporal punishment out of hand"</i></font></p> <p><BR><a href="uks00804.htm"><b>UK/Schools - April 2008</b></a><br> 'Smacking loophole' to be closed<br> <font size=-1><i>Part-time school will no longer be able to use CP on the grounds that it is not legally a school</i></font></p> <p><BR><a href="uks00808.htm"><b>UK/Schools - August 2008</b></a><br> Whacks got a caning<br> <font size=-1><i>Columnist remembers Eric A. Wildman</i></font></p> <p><BR><a href="uks00810.htm"><b>UK/Schools - October 2008</b></a><br> A 'fifth of teachers back caning' <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> Sticking it out<BR> <font size=-1><i>Survey of teachers finds surprising support for return of CP: reports and analysis</i></font></p> <P>Caning can<BR> <font size=-1><i>It was not students who wanted to abolish CP, letter-writer points out</i></font></p> <P>Survey whips up debate on caning<BR> <font size=-1><i>Overview of response to poll support for school CP</i></font></p> <P>Sparing the rod has spoilt pupils and the profession<BR> <font size=-1><i>A senior teacher explains why corporal punishment would be beneficial again</i></font></p> <p><BR><a href="uks00812.htm"><b>UK/Schools - December 2008</b></a><br> I was thrashed at school with the dreaded Lochgelly Tawse, says Brown<br> <font size=-1><i>Prime Minister recalls a headmaster's belting</i></font></p> <BR><a name="usa"></a> </blockquote> <p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/corpuncom/flags/fl-us.gif" alt="flag" width="27" height="15"> <font size="4"><b><i>UNITED STATES <br> </i></b></font></p> <blockquote> <a href="usi00801.htm"><b>US/Illicit - January 2008</b></a><br> Woman loses a spanking case <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Appeal court throws out compensation award as there was no sexual discrimination</i></font><p> <br> <a href="uss00801.htm"><b>US/Schools - January 2008</b></a><br> City schools report higher number of disciplinary actions<br> <font size=-1><i>An Alabama district records 45 paddlings</i></font><p> Love calls for restoration of corporal punishment<br> <font size=-1><i>Bring back paddle in West Virginia, says Senator</i></font><p> The paddle<br> <font size=-1><i>Newspaper editorial supports school CP</i></font><p> Lawmakers push law that would ban paddling at school<br> <font size=-1><i>More on the bid to abolish CP in Ohio</i></font><p> Basketball coach with hopes of returning to beloved Hamilton High <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Coach, pictured, removed from post for using CP, is eager to see paddling restored in Memphis TN</i></font><p> Mother, activist protest student's paddling<br> <font size=-1><i>Spanked boy had bruised bottom, they claim</i></font><p> Mom Says School Spanking "Crossed The Line" <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Case of 12-year-old student paddled in North Carolina</i></font><p> Bill would ban corporal punishment in Ohio schools<br> To Paddle or Not? State Lawmakers to Decide <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Only a few districts in the state still use it</i></font><p> <BR><a href="usd00802.htm"><b>US/Domestic - February 2008</b></a><br> Sparing the rod doesn't seem to work<br> <font size=-1><i>Columnist challenges belief that CP is tantamount to child abuse</i></font><p> <br> <a href="uss00802.htm"><b>US/Schools - February 2008</b></a><br> A good swat can be a good life lesson for kids<br> <font size=-1><i>Proposal for Ohio paddling ban provokes editor to point out that, in his view, CP actually works</i></font><p> Board revises paddling policy: Call home first<br> <font size=-1><i>Parental consultation now required in a N. Carolina district</i></font><p> Hancock Co. principal to plead guilty to assaulting student <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>TN elementary principal, pictured, paddled boy</i></font><p> Hancock Co. student says paddling left him black and blue <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Tennessee CP recipient is pictured</i></font><p> <br> <a href="usj00803.htm"><b>US/Judicial - March 2008</b></a><br> Collier deputy spanked, threatened to tase 11-year-old boy, report says<br> <font size=-1><i>Florida police spanking was with mother's permission</i></font><p> A court officer takes up the paddle<br> <font size=-1><i>Probation officer in Arkansas has been spanking juveniles for 20 years</i></font><p> <br> <a href="uss00803.htm"><b>US/Schools - March 2008</b></a><br> Cookson, SCC look for state title No. 13 <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>MO basketball coach, pictured with players, comes out of retirement, paddles them when necessary</i></font><p> Ville Platte High Student Paddled for Wearing Baggy Pants<br> <font size=-1><i>Louisiana 12-year-old already had broken hip</i></font><p> Corporal punishment "made" the greatest generation<br> <font size=-1><i>The greatest abuse is to let a child grow up without consequences for rulebreaking, asserts Florida columnist</i></font><p> <br> <a href="usj00804.htm"><b>US/Judicial - April 2008</b></a><br> ACLU reviews allegation of spanking by juvenile officer<br> <font size=-1><i>CP by probation officer in AR will now cease, says judge</i></font><p> <br> <a href="uss00804.htm"><b>US/Schools - April 2008</b></a><br> Grand jury does not indict Hancock principal<br> <font size=-1><i>Existence of bruises does not make school CP illegal, court holds</i></font><p> School paddling on decline<br> <font size=-1><i>CP stats falling in Ohio</i></font><p> Superintendents oppose school discipline proposals<br> <font size=-1><i>Louisiana school bosses differ over paddling but agree state should not intervene</i></font><p> Marion County Sheriff's Office Investigates Case of Excessive Discipline <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>TN boy, 11, had bruised behind after school paddling</i></font><p> Some area schools still spank<br> <font size=-1><i>District-by-district paddling statistics for Ohio</i></font><p> School Board Unanimously Approves Corporal Punishment Policy Revision<br> <font size=-1><i>Florida district will now paddle only if parents have signed consent form</i></font><p> Judge finds Brand not guilty in paddling case<br> <font size=-1><i>Mississippi school principal who punished girl, 18, is cleared of assault</i></font><p> State, sheriff's department probe school paddling that left welts <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Female student, 15, pictured, was willing to take swats but unprepared for the result</i></font><p> Paddle policy stuck in committee<br> <font size=-1><i>No abolition of CP in Ohio any time soon</i></font><p> Mom Says School Took Corporal Punishment Too Far <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I> <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Texas 17-year-old had marks on buttock, pictured, after high school paddling</i></font><p> Spare the rod, group urges<br> <font size=-1><i>Advocacy group says North Carolina school paddlings should be more closely monitored</i></font><p> Spanking is behind the times<br> <font size=-1><i>End school CP, urges NC columnist</i></font><p> <BR><a href="usd00805.htm"><b>US/Domestic - May 2008</b></a><br> Court gets behind spanking, to a degree<br> <font size=-1><i>Minnesota Supreme Court holds that paddling your son is not necessarily abuse</i></font><p> <br> <a href="uss00805.htm"><b>US/Schools - May 2008</b></a><br> Mayor Herenton Wants Paddling Back in Schools <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Calls for return of school CP in Memphis, banned since 2004</i></font><p> Bill to ban paddling in Ohio schools is hanging by a thin thread<br> <font size=-1><i>Proposal to outlaw CP lacks support among lawmakers</i></font><p> <BR><a href="usd00806.htm"><b>US/Domestic - June 2008</b></a><br> Court sides with mother in whipping case <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Indiana Supreme Court says punishment of son was reasonable, as bruises were "neither serious nor permanent"</i></font><p> <BR><a href="usj00806.htm"><b>US/Judicial - June 2008</b></a><br> South Texas judge offers paddling in courtroom <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>98% of parents choose CP option instead of fine, he says</i></font><p> Judge defends 'spanking' policy<br> <font size=-1><i>He explains paddling procedure, says 500 people have opted to paddle their youngsters in his court</i></font><p> History favors plaintiffs in corporal punishment cases<br> <font size=-1><i>Three previous courtroom spanking episodes discussed</i></font><p> Without a paddle <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Judge loses right to offer CP option in court</i></font><p> <br> <a href="uss00806.htm"><b>US/Schools - June 2008</b></a><br> Teacher tells 'Dr. Phil' corporal punishment works<br> <font size=-1><i>Explains on TV that she was assigned to a Mississippi school and found paddling was effective</i></font><p> Dear Hearts and Gentle People<br> <font size=-1><i>Columnist is outraged by behaviour on TV of 8-year-old brat</i></font><p> Trustees consider going electronic with handbook<br> <font size=-1><i>Plus changes to CP rules in a Texas district</i></font><p> School board backs action<br> <font size=-1><i>TX district upholds principal over paddling of girl</i></font><p> Paddles would solve the problem<br> <font size=-1><i>Ohio letterwriter clarifies difference between discipline and abuse</i></font><p> <BR><a href="usd00807.htm"><b>US/Domestic - July 2008</b></a><br> Dad charged with assault after bruising spankings<br> <font size=-1><i>He punished adopted daughters, 9 and 11, with a leather belt</i></font><p> The state oversteps its bounds in how parents discipline children<br> <font size=-1><i>Columnist deplores case against man who spanked daughter</i></font><p> <BR><a href="usi00807.htm"><b>US/Illicit - July 2008</b></a><br> Sentence by ex-judge challenged<br> <font size=-1><i>Drug offender says his refusal to be paddled resulted in unfair sentence</i></font><p> <BR><a href="uss00807.htm"><b>US/Schools - July 2008</b></a><br> No more paddling in Lamar Co. schools<br> <font size=-1><i>Paddling abolished in a Mississippi district</i></font><p> Corporal punishment may return to district<br> <font size=-1><i>Reintroduction of paddling is contemplated in Jackson, Mississippi</i></font><p> Central Georgia schools bring back paddling<br> <font size=-1><i>CP returns in Twiggs County</i></font><p> Georgia: Corporal punishment is a thing of the past in most school districts<br> <font size=-1><i>It is allowed but rarely practised, officials claim</i></font><p> Spanking Has Hit Bottom In Polk Schools<br> <font size=-1><i>No more CP in one Florida district</i></font><p> Stinging thoughts of school spanking<br> <font size=-1><i>Georgia columnist on the return of the paddle in one district</i></font><p> <BR><a href="uss00808.htm"><b>US/Schools - August 2008</b></a><br> LISD tweaks code of conduct<br> <font size=-1><i>Paddling abolished in a Texas district</i></font><p> Just in case, MGSD removes corporal punishment from the books<br> <font size=-1><i>Paddling abolished in a North Carolina district</i></font><p> Spanking out in Johnston <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Paddling abolished in another North Carolina district</i></font><p> Corporal Punishment Still An Option For TISD <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>A Texas district decides to keep the paddle, after parents voice concern at its possible removal</i></font><p> Corporal Punishment Still Option in Owasso <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Paddle continues to swing in an Oklahoma district; spanked students are interviewed</i></font><p> Arkansas Ranks High in Corporal Punishment <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>ACLU report is critical of CP but a school superintendent says it is effective</i></font><p> More than 200,000 kids spanked at school <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>CNN coverage of ACLU/Human Rights Watch report on US school paddling; a boy who was paddled at age 13 is interviewed</i></font><p> Groups oppose school spanking<br> <font size=-1><i>More on the ACLU/HRW publication, as it applies to Texas</i></font><p> Corporal Punishment Still On The Books In Alabama<br> <font size=-1><i>But one district banned it ten years ago</i></font><p> Let teachers keep their tools, including paddling<br> <font size=-1><i>A columnist in N. Carolina objects to agitators coming from California to tell local educators how to do their job</i></font><p> Report: Minority students physically punished more than whites<br> <font size=-1><i>Another Texas school district rejects ACLU/HRW claims</i></font><p> Corporal Punishment In The Classroom <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Still legal in Kentucky, but it's on the decline</i></font><p> School districts speak out on paddling study<br> <font size=-1><i>ACLU/HRW portrayal unfair, say Mississippi educators</i></font><p> Classroom chaos<br> <font size=-1><i>Syndicated columnist scorns "left-wing" groups opposing CP, calls for schools to assert authority</i></font><p> Licks With a Paddle Make a Comeback in Fort Stockton <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Superintendent in a Texas school district explains why parents will no longer be allowed to exempt their offspring from paddling</i></font><p> Southeast Texas educators say paddling rare discipline tool <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Educators defend CP as last resort; six paddled high-school girls are pictured</i></font></p> <P><BR><a href="usd00809.htm"><b>US/Domestic - September 2008</b></a><br> Granddad acquitted in paddling<br> <font size=-1><i>Boy, 13, had red buttocks after punishment, which did not constitute assault, court holds</i></font></p> <P><BR><a href="usi00809.htm"><b>US/Illicit - September 2008</b></a><br> Vigilante justice assault suspect appears in Ardmore courtroom <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>"Brutal lashes across the backside" as youths punished alleged forger with studded belt</i></font></p> <P>Spankers belted with months of jail time <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Two of gang, pictured, get six months in jail for kidnapping and assault</i></font><p> <P><BR><a href="uss00809.htm"><b>US/Schools - September 2008</b></a><br> AC/OV spankings on the decline<br> <font size=-1><i>Only 11 students received CP in an Ohio district</i></font></p> <P>Who says licks aren't effective?<br> <font size=-1><i>Columnist rejects HRW/ACLU report claims</i></font></p> <P>Harnett Schools Ban Spanking<br> <font size=-1><i>No more CP in a N. Carolina district</i></font></p> <P>Is corporal punishment still practiced? <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Woman moves to Missouri, is shocked at CP; report lists paddling districts in N.E. of state</i></font></p> <P>Principal not charged in paddling incident <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Missouri case ends with vindication of administrator who gave girl swats at mother's request</i></font></p> <P><BR><a href="usd00810.htm"><b>US/Domestic - October 2008</b></a><br> Pastor's alleged paddling of son center of debate in court <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Wisconsin man, pictured, accused of child abuse; his daughter, now 21, pictured, was spanked as a child and is thankful for it</i></font></p> <P><BR><a href="uss00810.htm"><b>US/Schools - October 2008</b></a><br> CPS Takes Action On Corporal Punishment <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Chicago 17-year-old, pictured, complains he was paddled by coach</i></font></p> <P>Local H.S. Investigated For Paddling Athletes <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> CPS probes corporal punishment claims <I><B>(illustrated)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>More Chicago schools accused of illegal CP; paddled volleyball players pictured</i></font></p> <P>Board of Education supports Ohio paddling ban<br> <font size=-1><i>Spanking and paddling may end in Ohio schools</i></font></p> <P>Board looks to ban corporal punishment<br> <font size=-1><i>Moves to end paddling in Irving, TX</i></font></p> <P>In trouble at school<br> <font size=-1><i>No CP in some Indiana districts</i></font></p> <P>School spanking draws complaint<br> <font size=-1><i>Father of 12-year-old says he was paddled too hard</i></font></p> <P><BR><a href="uss00811.htm"><b>US/Schools - November 2008</b></a><br> Policy limits corporal punishment to last resort<br> <font size=-1><i>But it stays on the books in a Missouri school district</i></font></p> <P>Boy Allegedly Beaten With Paddle By Assistant Principal <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>Boy says he only "felt a little sting" but TX mother complains about punishment</i></font></p> <P>Pontotoc County Mother Says Her Son Was Paddled Too Hard<br> <font size=-1><i>13-year-old's bottom was bruised after Oklahoma spanking</i></font></p> <P>School records show paddling cases<br> <font size=-1><i>CP statistics almost zero in a Georgia district</i></font></p> <P>Paddling probe widens<br> <font size=-1><i>Further investigations into illegal CP in Chicago</i></font></p> <P><BR><a href="uss00812.htm"><b>US/Schools - December 2008</b></a><br> Whatever happened to paddling in schools: 'Board of Education' pretty much retired<br> <font size=-1><i>School CP overview in north-west Arkansas</i></font></p> <P>2 coaches fired in paddling scandal <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>They had used CP illegally in Chicago</i></font></p> <P>Schools discard policy on spanking <I><B>(with video clip)</B></I><br> <font size=-1><i>No more CP in one Georgia district</i></font></p> <P>Paddling reported in error<br> <font size=-1><i>CP statistics for Georgia were wrong</i></font></p> <P>Supporters of basketball coaches accused of paddling make plea to Chicago school board<br> <font size=-1><i>Further ructions at meeting over illegal CP</i></font></p> <P>Area schools retain policies for corporal punishment<br> <font size=-1><i>Details for various districts in Georgia</i></font></p> </blockquote> <BR><hr size=1> <font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><DIR><img src="573b.gif" alt="blob"> To view all the above items in a single date sequence irrespective of country, with a separate link to each individual item, see <a href="newschr08.htm">News Chronology 2008</a></dir></font> </td> <td width="36" bgcolor="#D98719">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> <hr noshade size=4> <table width=100%><tr> <td width=2%></td> <td width=9% bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a href="index.htm">Home</a></font></center></td> <td width=9% bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a href="index.htm#books">Books</a></font></center></td> <td width=7% bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a href="faq.htm">Q&A</a></font></center></td> <td width=13% bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a href="atoz1.htm">Topics A to Z</a></font></center></td> <td width=11% bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a href="index.htm#features">Articles</a></font></center></td> <td width=14% bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a href="rules.htm">Country files</a></font></center></td> <td width=8% bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a href="index.htm#links">Links</a></font></center></td> <td width=10% bgcolor=#ffff80><center><font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"><a href="pix.htm">Pictures</a></font></center></td> <td width=2%></td> </tr></table> <hr noshade size=4> <table border="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FBD1CE"> <tr><td><br> <p align="center"> <font face="Tahoma,Verdana,Arial"> <img src="573b.gif" alt="blob" width="14" height="14"> Archive index for other years:</font></p> <P><center> <a href="archto75.htm">Up to 1975</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="arch7695.htm">1976 to 1995</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="archindx.htm">1996</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="archin97.htm">1997</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="archin98.htm">1998</a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="archin99.htm">1999</a> &nbsp;&nbsp; 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