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THE ARCHIVE

News items about corporal punishment, classified by country, type and month.


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Archive - 1996

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flag BARBADOS

    Barbados/Schools - July 1996
    Children sent to Caribbean for 'basic' schooling
    UK black parents want their kids to attend schools that use CP



flag BERMUDA

    Bermuda/Schools - June 1996
    Spare the rod, urges children's advocate
    New education code allows use of strap in schools

    Earlier school report urged end to corporal punishment
    But nothing came of 1980s committee recommendation


    Bermuda/Judicial - August 1996
    Edness gets tough
    Public Safety Minister wants birch used for street crime


    Bermuda/Judicial - September 1996
    Edness: "Birch bag-snatchers"
    Calls for stronger penalties to save tourism industry

    "I didn't reach birch decision lightly" - Minister
    Birch and cane should be added to the mix, he says

    Birching "violates Human Rights Convention"
    Bermuda is bound by European rules, lawyers point out



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flag BRUNEI

    Brunei/Judicial - August 1996
    Court throws out appeal of "drugs in pants" case
    Cook to have 5 strokes of rotan

    Trafficker gets 12 years, cane
    10 strokes for 31-year-old


    Brunei/Judicial - September 1996
    Couple back behind bars
    And husband, 39, gets caning for mischief

    Cannabis trafficking couple jailed
    Man given 9 years, 9 strokes of cane

    Persistent car robber jailed, caned
    28-year-old with 12 previous convictions gets 8 strokes of rotan


    Brunei/Judicial - October 1996
    Habitual thief gets sentence after sentence
    Two more strokes on top of the 8 already ordered

    Child abuse father sentenced
    20 years in prison and 20 strokes of rattan


    Brunei/Judicial - December 1996
    Jail and cane for sex with minor
    Six years plus cane for 25-year-old's offence from 6 years ago



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    Kenya/Judicial - March 1996
    Narrow escape for car robber
    Middle-aged man gets 10 years, 10 strokes

    Rasta kin, associates go to jail
    Four get two strokes each

    10-year jail for aids man who raped
    10 years, 13 strokes of cane, for two rapists


    Kenya/Judicial - November 1996
    Man charged over city street siege
    Two robbers jailed and caned

    Man appeals his way to a death sentence
    Instead of jail and cane



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    Malaysia/Schools - June 1996
    United call for the cane
    Chinese-medium schools in Malaysia known for their tight discipline

    Gaining respect the heart of the issue
    Teachers, parents, students give views on caning for boys

    Power to cane will spawn abuse in class
    Reader recalls painful strokes on buttocks


    Malaysia/Judicial - June 1996
    Salesman jailed for cheating bank
    Three rotan strokes for computer salesman, 41

    Inmates who run away to be caned
    Drug rehab centre absconders will be whipped, says Minister

    Several NGOs against caning of runaway inmates
    Organisations disagree on whether it will solve the problem

    Dad gets jail, rotan for child abuse
    Seven years, 6 strokes for lorry attendant, 31

    Caning for staff who push drugs
    Drug rehab centre staff may themselves be caned

    Drug-trafficking NZ mother, son pardoned
    Jail release for 30-year-old who received 6 strokes

    Uncertain future for Cohens
    Drug mother and son return to New Zealand


    Malaysia/Judicial - July 1996
    Magazine's $20,000 offer to Cohens obscene -- MP
    NZ drug mother and son paid for exclusive story

    Pahang looking into caning those convicted of religious offences
    State government considering "thickness and length of cane"


    Malaysia/Schools - July 1996
    Malaysia ponders caning
    Considering giving all teachers the right to use CP


    Malaysia/Judicial - August 1996
    Hockey coach uses landmark decision to lodge appeal
    Court urged to order a retrial
    38-year-old challenges jail and cane sentence

    Man gets 20 years jail and cane for raping daughter
    Ten years, 5 strokes of cane for estate supervisor, 37

    Police "must monitor ex-addicts"
    Mandatory whipping considered for drug rehab centre offenders

    Pemadam lauds proposal
    Organisation supports caning in centres


    Malaysia/Schools - August 1996
    Najib: Only principals can cane
    Ministry had not considered giving CP power to all teachers

    Seminar wants clearer guidelines on caning
    Unanimous support for cane as last resort


    Malaysia/Judicial - September 1996
    Father-of-two gets jail and cane for sodomy
    16 years, 6 strokes for 38-year-old who attacked small boy

    Rapist dad gets longer jail term
    High Court increases caning from 3 to 15 strokes

    Cops: Cane illegal road racers
    Would stop them endangering public, says police boss

    Dr Ling: I support caning of illegal racers
    Transport Minister agrees with police


    Malaysia/Judicial - October 1996
    Inspector's appeal against rape conviction dismissed
    Policeman, 33, given 14 years, 5 strokes of cane

    Malaysia to cane, deport illegal workers
    "Very severe" PM follows Singapore's lead

    Groups back Govt's plan to cane illegals
    Effective deterrent "long overdue"

    Shahidan: Cane first-timers too
    Leader of border State gets tough on illegals from Thailand

    Court turns down appeal by habitual criminal
    Second caning for gangster upheld

    Traffic police recommend caning for illegal racers
    Even first offenders will be caned


    Malaysia/Judicial - November 1996
    Rapist dad earns judge's ire, get 15 years' jail
    And 15 strokes of cane for "worse than animal" 40-year-old

    Ling wants highway stone-throwers to be caned and jailed
    Transport minister urges "stern punishment"

    Man loses appeal against life term
    High Court upholds 12-stroke rotan sentence on robber, 37

    Businessman jailed for cheating bank of $4 million
    His 47-year-old accomplice gets 4 strokes of rotan

    Ex-welder gets jail, rotan for armed robbery
    37-year-old had 12 strokes for previous conviction, now gets another six


    Malaysia/Judicial - December 1996
    Penang amends Syariah laws with stiffer penalties
    Caning for sexual offences in northern State will apply to all Muslims

    Members to debate new Bill on illegal aliens
    Parliament considers increased jail terms and whipping

    Life sentence man seeks clemency
    Caned in 1981 at age 17


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    New Zealand/Schools - April 1996
    Bring back cane, says trustee
    Suspensions up since c.p. abolished

    Much tougher discipline necessary in our schools
    Abolition of caning had no mandate from parents, says letter-writer




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flag SINGAPORE

    Singapore/Judicial - May 1996
    Hard stand on crime and punishment
    Chief Justice rejects more lenient approach


    Singapore/Judicial - June 1996
    One loud yell ruins money plan (illustrated)
    20-year-old failed robber, pictured, gets jail and 12 strokes

    Robber who hit Japanese tourist gets jail and cane
    10 years, 16 strokes after "cowardly attack" by previous offender, 32

    Cut up for a prize watch (illustrated)
    Unemployed 31-year-old (pictured) given 7 years, 12 strokes of cane

    Marsiling molester jailed 6 years (illustrated)
    Shameless menace to women, pictured, will also receive six strokes of cane

    Ex-members of secret society get jail, cane, for ganging up to hurt man
    Ten strokes each for three teens, 6 strokes for another

    He was a car-a-day thief
    39-year-old robber given 5 years' jail and 12 strokes

    Three nabbed in hotel raid sentenced for drug offences
    Heroin trafficker, 43, gets 20 years, 15 strokes

    Mom marries man who molested girl
    Six strokes, 2 years for 43-year-old


    Singapore/Judicial - July 1996
    Seasoned conman: I'll change ... trust me (illustrated)
    Bankrupt cheat, 39 (pictured), given 8 years, 3 strokes

    Unlawful assembly offence: No need for person to take part to be liable
    Six strokes for 22-year-old

    Oriental hotel killing: Attacker acquitted of murder
    But 25-year-old gets 18 strokes for robbery

    Drug trafficker escapes death penalty narrowly
    36-year-old gets 27 years and 15 strokes instead

    4 get jail, caning for armed robbery and other crimes
    6 strokes each for 3 gangsters, 18 strokes for fourth, 26

    Shame on you, son (illustrated)
    Two 29-year-olds, pictured, caned for molesting girl

    Beat up and robbed his friend (illustrated)
    Robber, 32 (pictured), gets 3 years in prison and 12 strokes of cane

    Jail and cane for youth who raped girlfriend
    Six strokes each for two 16-year-old glue-sniffers


    Singapore/Judicial - August 1996
    Trial of PT instructor for heroin trafficking begins
    Accomplices already caned and jailed


    Singapore/Judicial - September 1996
    Dutchman gets 6 years, cane for smuggling Ecstasy
    Ten strokes for 48-year-old in transit

    Sex offender's appeal rejected
    Court upholds second caning sentence on recidivist molester

    Man gets jail, caning for molesting daughter
    15 strokes for father, 42

    Good boy inside, Robber outside (illustrated)
    16-year-old (pictured) gets 24 strokes

    Thomson Plaza carpark robbers get jail, caning
    Heavy cane sentences on two young men

    "Romeo" stole old cars to pick up women at lounges
    Jobless 39-year-old given 12 strokes, 5 years

    They didn't know he's a pervert
    Maximum caning and 5 years in jail for student, 20

    He kicked trainees (illustrated)
    Police instructor, 27 (pictured), awarded CP and prison for grievous hurt


    Singapore/Judicial - October 1996
    Dad made up sex stories
    18 years and 24 strokes for rapist petrol attendant, 37

    Too hot to handle, but he kept it (illustrated)
    24-year-old ex-squaddie (pictured) gets 6 strokes for taking hand grenade

    Cop who used string cuffs
    Policeman, 23, given 24 strokes of the cane for bungled robbery

    Gangster with a record gets jail and cane for $2.40 extortion
    26-year-old boasted he had endured 12 strokes of cane, now given another 8

    Welder robbed to repay friend's loan (illustrated)
    Jail and cane for 36-year-old, pictured


    Singapore/Judicial - November 1996
    Jail, cane for teen who molested women while half naked
    17-year-old gets 3 strokes and 27 months in jail

    Molester just won't let go
    Four years and 6 strokes for 28-year-old

    Thief who struck from behind (illustrated)
    43-year-old, pictured, stole from old ladies, gets 3 years, 6 strokes

    Nailed by a scrap of paper (illustrated)
    Serial lift robber, 29 (pictured), sentenced to 10 years and 24 strokes


    Singapore/Judicial - December 1996
    Man gets caning, jail for holding up two taxi drivers
    Five years and 14 strokes for unemployed man, 36

    Girl fears rape, beating ... but saves herself twice (illustrated)
    Navy sergeant, 21 (pictured), given 3 years, 6 strokes

    From helper to robber
    30 months and 6 strokes for repeat robber, 27

    She can't remember
    24-year-old foreign worker gets two years and 12 strokes for robbing subnormal woman

    Robbers still at large - Lookout gets jail and cane
    15 strokes of cane, 4 years in prison for Indonesian who abetted armed robbery

    Lift robber gets 12 years and 24 strokes
    42-year-old with previous convictions used knife to rob women

    Man gets 11 years' jail and 18 strokes for rape and robbery
    40-year-old rag-and-bone man with a record attacked woman



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flag TAIWAN



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flag THAILAND



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flag UNITED KINGDOM

    UK/Schools - May 1996
    Christian school to smack pupils
    Yorkshire headmaster will whack bottoms with parental consent


    UK/Domestic - September 1996
    Tory anger as Europe backs caned boy
    Stepfather used garden cane on boy, 12


    UK/Schools - September 1996
    Call to reinstate caning in schools
    Bring back CP without delay, urge Christian educationists

    What the kids say about smacking
    14-year-old prefers school paddle to detention


    UK/Schools - October 1996
    Headmaster given 18 months for spanking pupils
    Primary school head secretly spanked girls for 20 years

    The good old days, eh?
    Old punishment book analysed

    Tories back Shephard over caning
    Politicians endorse view that CP can be useful deterrent

    Scottish cases helped to ban the beatings
    Retrospective view of Human Rights Court actions

    Love must come first but caning works, says head
    Independent school boss caned six boys a year

    Caring headteacher who believes beating can be good for his boys
    London schoolboys discuss their canings

    Major panics on punishment
    Time to reverse "unilateral disarmament" of schools - Editorial

    Major still sore over six of the best
    Details of Prime Minister's caning in 1950s


    UK/Schools - November 1996
    The man who gave Major a thrashing says it did him good
    Retired headmaster recalls mass caning

    Can boys be beaten?
    Violence is a boy thing, and whacking is what they need, opines columnist

    Look who is teaching us morals
    Today's politicians' youthful misdeeds and whackings exposed

    Britons favour caning in schools: Polls
    68% want to see CP brought back

    MPs get free vote on caning
    Government party in revolt over school discipline and CP

    The cane was once a useful deterrent
    When it was understood and accepted, says former headteacher


    UK/Schools - December 1996
    Frederic Raphael: Strictly Personal
    Writer recalls beatings at elite private school

    That's why they're queuing up for the belt (illustrated)
    Scottish tawse manufacturer, pictured, still in business



flag UNITED STATES

    US/Judicial - January 1996
    Vote Advances Conroy Bill to Paddle Vandals
    A Better Penalty Than Paddling
    Swat Team Captain Might Want to Rethink Bottom Line
    Yet another attempt to introduce judicial whacking in California


    US/Schools - January 1996
    Major Disputes Over Corporal Punishment
    Call for return of the paddle in California

    Paddling: Strong Or Wrong Approach?
    Former teacher says corporal punishment in school is "very effective"

    Spanking Debate Hits Assembly
    Former principal says swats brought results

    Assembly Rejects Bill on Paddling
    California CP proposal decisively voted down


    US/Illicit - February 1996
    Lawsuit Says Doctor Spanked Two Female Office Employees
    CA women, 24 and 25, claim they were spanked for performance lapses


    US/Judicial - February 1996
    The Sting Of Shame
    Judicial corporal punishment would be effective in many cases, argues top columnist

    Graffiti vandals face shame of public flogging
    New Hampshire politicians moot bare-bottom whackings

    Spare the Rod: States drop measures to emulate Singapore
    Why bills for judicial corporal punishment in various US states have all failed


    US/Illicit - March 1996
    $35,000 Settlement in College Swatting Suit
    Cal State Fullerton spanking case ends at last


    US/Judicial - March 1996 new!
    Lawmaker's remedy for teen hoodlums: Paddle 'em in public (illustrated)
    New Hampshire legislator, pictured, proposes "good old-fashioned bare-bottom spanking"


    US/Reformatory - March 1996
    Insiders Tell Of Boarding School, Past And Present
    Plenty of paddling at Missouri reformatory


    US/Schools - April 1996
    Duncan School Board OKs Return of Corporal Punishment
    Paddle returns to an Oklahoma district after four years without it


    US/Schools - June 1996
    Corporal punishment issue debated at meeting
    A district in MO decides not to reintroduce paddling


    US/Domestic - July 1996
    Courts and spanking: Does the punishment fit the level of crime?
    Overview of legal efforts in various states to stop parents spanking their kids


    US/Schools - July 1996
    Donahue Show
    Texas lawyer and counselor discuss corporal punishment in schools


    US/Schools - August 1996
    Grand Jury Indicts Principal on Misdemeanor Charge
    Indiana school principal paddled boy, 15

    Paddling dismissed by judge
    Texas school spanking lawsuit ruled frivolous


    US/Schools - September 1996
    Fayette: Corporal punishment abolished
    Georgia district throws away the paddle

    No more hickory stick with three R's
    Reactions to Fayette decision


    US/Schools - October 1996
    Corporal Punishment, Public Schools and Your Kids
    Delaware mother upset over school's right to spank

    Boys' Paddlings Anger Parents - Wister Principal Won't Be Prosecuted
    Three swats each for two Oklahoma 12-year-olds

    Trustees take issue with district paddling policy
    But majority in Texas district support CP

    Hearing Nov.8 on paddling case
    Indiana principal punished 15-year-old, bruised his buttocks

    Swell Slogan, Bad Policy
    Parental rights? It all depends how you feel about paddling, avers columnist


    US/Schools - November 1996
    Sheridan principal off the hook in paddling case
    Court throws out charge against Indiana headteacher

    Sparing the rod
    17 schools still paddling in Texas town


    US/Illicit - December 1996
    Seven Suspended In Sorority Hazing
    NJ Middle School girl's buttocks were "black and blue"


    US/Schools - December 1996
    Spanking on the decline in U.S. schools
    Latest figures show steady 10-year fall

    Student Spanking Approved in Nash-Rocky Mount
    North Carolina school board allows CP when necessary

    Rally backs educator tied to spanking
    GA Christian school director accused of cruelty to 11-year-old boy

    To spank or not to spank?
    Alabama poll shows over half of parents support school paddle



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