January -- 28 items
February -- 24 items
March -- 23 items
April -- 30 items
May -- 17 items
June -- 25 items
July -- coming soon
August - coming soon

January 2008

03 JAN....UNITED KINGDOM: 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

04 JAN....SINGAPORE: Brothers in trouble (illustrated)
Siblings aged 22 and 23, pictured, each get 24 strokes of the cane

10 JAN....IRAN: Two youths to be flogged and cast off a cliff
100 lashes each for rape

10 JAN....UNITED STATES: City schools report higher number of disciplinary actions
An Alabama district records 45 paddlings

10 JAN....UNITED STATES: Love calls for restoration of corporal punishment
Bring back paddle in West Virginia, says Senator

11 JAN....SINGAPORE: Jail and caning for robber who hurt two prostitutes (illustrated)
12 strokes and five years the sentence for 36-year-old, pictured

14 JAN....UNITED STATES: The paddle
Newspaper editorial supports school CP

17 JAN....UNITED STATES: Woman loses a spanking case (with video clip)
Appeal court throws out compensation award as there was no sexual discrimination

17 JAN....UNITED STATES: Lawmakers push law that would ban paddling at school
More on the bid to abolish CP in Ohio

18 JAN....SINGAPORE: Man gets jail, cane for raping stepdaughter, 14
44-year-old receives maximum of 14 years and 24 strokes

21 JAN....UNITED STATES: 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

22 JAN....MALAYSIA: 5 years' jail for burying own baby alive (illustrated)
38-year-old, pictured, also ordered to receive four strokes of the cane

23 JAN....UNITED STATES: Mother, activist protest student's paddling
Spanked boy had bruised bottom, they claim

24 JAN....SINGAPORE: Caning, jail for bid to flee from court (illustrated)
Robber, 26, pictured, ordered to receive 15 strokes

24 JAN....SINGAPORE: Ex-inmate to seek court redress for 3 extra strokes (illustrated)
20-year-old, pictured, was ordered 5 strokes but given 8 by mistake

25 JAN....THE BAHAMAS: Court of Appeal issues stay of flogging sentence for rapist
Infliction of cat-o'-nine-tails postponed

26 JAN....FIJI: Court orders cane and jail
Four strokes ordered for 23-year-old for violent robbery

26 JAN....MALAYSIA: Ex-athlete gets jail, rotan for cannabis (illustrated)
7 years' jail plus 10 strokes of the cane for drug possessor, 37, pictured

26 JAN....SINGAPORE: 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

28 JAN....FIJI: Stroke of cane still valid: Director
JCP is still on the statute book

28 JAN....UNITED STATES: Mom Says School Spanking "Crossed The Line" (with video clip)
Case of 12-year-old student paddled in North Carolina

29 JAN....MALAYSIA: Incest: Farmer gets 12 years, 3 strokes
37-year-old raped his underage stepdaughter

29 JAN....SINGAPORE: Sea chase: Smuggler jailed
28-year-old illegal Indonesian also gets four strokes of the cane

29 JAN....SINGAPORE: 2 students caught taking 'upskirt' pics of teacher
14-year-old boys receive caning in front of whole school

29 JAN....UNITED STATES: Bill would ban corporal punishment in Ohio schools
29 JAN....UNITED STATES: To Paddle or Not? State Lawmakers to Decide (with video clip)
Only a few districts in the state still use it

31 JAN....MALAYSIA: Whipping And Jail For RM50 Robbery
Offenders aged 22 and 34 get four strokes each

31 JAN....TANZANIA: Magistrate jails seven to 400 years
All 7 youths also awarded 12-stroke caning for armed robbery and firearm offences

February 2008

02 FEB....AUSTRALIA: 'Bring back cane' to curb violence
School CP is needed to restore respect and responsibility, say local politicians in Queensland

02 FEB....SINGAPORE: Over 100 Penal Code changes take effect
Five new offences merit caning

04 FEB....UGANDA: Dokolo Leader Calls for Caning in Schools
Head teachers agree to implement official's call for CP for undisciplined students

05 FEB....MALAYSIA: 12 years for raping friend's wife
26-year-old is also ordered to receive a 3-stroke caning

05 FEB....UNITED STATES: Sparing the rod doesn't seem to work
Columnist challenges belief that CP is tantamount to child abuse

09 FEB....SINGAPORE: Jail, cane for repeat offender since 15
38-year-old gets six strokes of rotan for "a host of crimes"

10 FEB....UNITED STATES: 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

15 FEB....SINGAPORE: Satay man gets jail, caning for molesting girl, 9 (illustrated)
Offender, 47, pictured, must undergo six strokes of the cane

16 FEB....AUSTRALIA: 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

16 FEB....CANADA: School staff facing assault charges
Mennonite private school in trouble for using CP

16 FEB....FIJI: Caning order thrown out
JCP sentences are unconstitutional, says High Court

16 FEB....SINGAPORE: No absolute cap on cane strokes: Jaya
16 FEB....SINGAPORE: 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

17 FEB....MALAYSIA: Jail and rotan for rape
Six strokes and 8 years for 23-year-old

19 FEB....UNITED KINGDOM: Parents who smack children without meaning to hurt them should not be punished, say sentencing chiefs
New guidance for English courts

20 FEB....BOTSWANA: Kgosi, President Admonish Wayward Students
Out-of-control schoolboys need caning, say politicians

20 FEB....UNITED STATES: Board revises paddling policy: Call home first
Parental consultation now required in a N. Carolina district

22 FEB....NIGERIA: Youths receive 24 strokes for assault
Three young men ordered by court to receive eight strokes of the cane each

23 FEB....MALAYSIA: Jail and whipping for bouncer who cheated businessman
Fake policeman, 39, sentenced to five years, five strokes

26 FEB....TANZANIA: Dar man jailed 30 years for defilement
Plus 12 strokes of the cane for 18-year-old

27 FEB....SINGAPORE: That's my son, the pimp (illustrated)
22-year-old, pictured, is awarded a six-stroke caning

28 FEB....UNITED STATES: Hancock Co. principal to plead guilty to assaulting student (illustrated)
TN elementary principal, pictured, paddled boy

29 FEB....THE BAHAMAS: No Flogging For Child Rapist
Court of appeal throws out cat-o'-nine-tails sentence

29 FEB....UNITED STATES: Hancock Co. student says paddling left him black and blue (illustrated)
Tennessee CP recipient is pictured

March 2008

01 MAR....JAMAICA: Caning: Six of the best
Columnist recalls punishment on his last day at school

01 MAR....MALAYSIA: Gardeners jailed 11 years
Two also get 10 strokes of the rotan each for possessing drugs

01 MAR....TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Bring back licks, says ex-principal
"The best channel to the brain is through the derriere", says former school boss

05 MAR....MALAYSIA: He finally admits raping daughter
43-year-old sentenced to 15 years and 15 strokes

12 MAR....SINGAPORE: 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

12 MAR....UNITED STATES: Cookson, SCC look for state title No. 13 (illustrated)
MO basketball coach, pictured with players, comes out of retirement, paddles them when necessary

13 MAR....UNITED STATES: Collier deputy spanked, threatened to tase 11-year-old boy, report says
Florida police spanking was with mother's permission

13 MAR....UNITED STATES: Ville Platte High Student Paddled for Wearing Baggy Pants
Louisiana 12-year-old already had broken hip

14 MAR....SINGAPORE: Freed from Thai prison, jailed for 1980s crimes
20 years after the event, six-stroke caning for robber, 46

18 MAR....MALAYSIA: Rape: Local youth gets 9 years, cane
Three strokes for 22-year-old

19 MAR....MALAYSIA: Contractor on drug charge escapes gallows
40-year-old gets 12 years' jail and 10 strokes of the rotan

20 MAR....MALAYSIA: Jail, caning for oral sex
Man, 21, had sex with girl, 7

20 MAR....SINGAPORE: Cleaner jailed, caned for molest
23-year-old who "rubbed carrot cake on his private parts" receives six strokes plus 1 year 9 months

21 MAR....SINGAPORE: 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

21 MAR....SINGAPORE: Man gets jail, caning after 10 years on the run
Six strokes for 34-year-old robber

21 MAR....UNITED STATES: A court officer takes up the paddle
Probation officer in Arkansas has been spanking juveniles for 20 years

25 MAR....BRUNEI: Jail, whipping for immigration offender
20-year-old gets the standard three strokes of the cane

25 MAR....BRUNEI: Four get jail terms and lashes for Tutong burglaries
Including a 9-stroke caning for a 19-year-old

25 MAR....UNITED STATES: Corporal punishment "made" the greatest generation
The greatest abuse is to let a child grow up without consequences for rulebreaking, asserts Florida columnist

26 MAR....JAMAICA: Corporal punishment not a form of violence -- students
Results of a survey in schools

27 MAR....CANADA: Teachers admit strapping pupils
Seven boys punished with belt

28 MAR....MALAYSIA: Man sentenced to 12 years' jail
22-year-old also gets a six-stroke caning for possessing gun and bullets

28 MAR....SINGAPORE: He climbs academic ladder then falls
Engineer, 31, turns drug trafficker, gets 25 years in prison and 24 strokes of the cane

April 2008

01 APR....UNITED STATES: Grand jury does not indict Hancock principal
Existence of bruises does not make school CP illegal, court holds

02 APR....MALAYSIA: Fish breeder pleads guilty to possessing cannabis
10 strokes of the rotan for 25-year-old

02 APR....UNITED STATES: School paddling on decline
CP stats falling in Ohio

03 APR....KENYA : To cane students or not? Teachers and parents differ
03 APR....KENYA : Forget about bringing back the rod, says lobby group
Controversy still raging about school CP

04 APR....UNITED STATES: Superintendents oppose school discipline proposals
Louisiana school bosses differ over paddling but agree state should not intervene

05 APR....MALAYSIA: Jail and rotan for two found guilty of rape
Rapists given long jail terms and heavy canings

05 APR....SINGAPORE: Hammer attack: 2 brothers jailed
Robbers aged 18 and 20 are also awarded 12 strokes of the cane each

07 APR....UNITED STATES: ACLU reviews allegation of spanking by juvenile officer
CP by probation officer in AR will now cease, says judge

07 APR....UNITED STATES: Marion County Sheriff's Office Investigates Case of Excessive Discipline (with video clip)
TN boy, 11, had bruised behind after school paddling

08 APR....MALAYSIA: Three steps before teachers use the cane
New disciplinary procedure will make caning a last resort

09 APR....BRUNEI: 9 Foreigners Jailed For Gang Robbery
Eight of them also sentenced to 12 strokes of the cane each

11 APR....SINGAPORE: Fatal assault in void deck: 3 get jail, cane
Three years and 6 strokes each after brutal attack

13 APR....NIGERIA: Day of reckoning for Kaduna lesbians
Court gives twentysomething women 20 strokes of the cane each

14 APR....UNITED STATES: Some area schools still spank
District-by-district paddling statistics for Ohio

15 APR....UNITED STATES: School Board Unanimously Approves Corporal Punishment Policy Revision
Florida district will now paddle only if parents have signed consent form

16 APR....UNITED STATES: Judge finds Brand not guilty in paddling case
Mississippi school principal who punished girl, 18, is cleared of assault

18 APR....MALAYSIA: Whipping for illegal road racers
Motorbike racers will get 3 strokes of the cane under proposed new law

18 APR....UNITED KINGDOM: '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

21 APR....TURKEY: Officials sanction 'harsh discipline' on students
Istanbul school principal was seen spanking pupils

21 APR....UNITED STATES: 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

23 APR....IRAN: Flogging or jail for bad driving
Dangerous behaviour on roads will now attract sentence of 74 lashes

25 APR....ST HELENA: St Helena Exco Report
School caning abolished under new Bill

25 APR....MALAYSIA: 30 years for rape, assault (illustrated)
Duo aged 20 and 29, pictured, also get 20 and 25 strokes of the cane respectively

25 APR....TAIWAN: MOE: Physical punishment down in Taiwan schools
Reduction in CP following 2006 legal ban

27 APR....UNITED STATES: Paddle policy stuck in committee
No abolition of CP in Ohio any time soon

28 APR....UNITED STATES: 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

29 APR....UNITED STATES: Spare the rod, group urges
Advocacy group says North Carolina school paddlings should be more closely monitored

30 APR....MALAYSIA: 57 years jail and 12 strokes for raping relative
56-year-old to be caned under new rule allowing JCP for older rapists

30 APR....UNITED STATES: Spanking is behind the times
End school CP, urges NC columnist

May 2008

01 MAY....MALAYSIA: 9 years' jail and caning for sodomy
29-year-old is awarded three strokes after attack on teenage boys

02 MAY....SINGAPORE: 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

06 MAY....BRUNEI: 20 years' jail and 15 lashes for Syabu trio
Three young men were trafficking drugs

07 MAY....UNITED STATES: Mayor Herenton Wants Paddling Back in Schools (with video clip)
Calls for return of school CP in Memphis, banned since 2004

10 MAY....MALAYSIA: Man gets 10 years' jail for drug possession
Plus 10 strokes of the rotan for man, 25

10 MAY....SOUTH AFRICA: Ten lashes for rape accused
Private school student, 20, caned by principal instead of being referred to police

13 MAY....MALAYSIA: 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

13 MAY....SAUDI ARABIA: Bahraini on Death Row 'was framed'
46-year-old gets 15 years in jail and 1,500 lashes instead of death sentence

14 MAY....SINGAPORE: Ex-physiotherapist gets 15-month term, caning for molesting patient (illustrated)
Six strokes for 29-year-old, pictured

14 MAY....SINGAPORE: Repeat offender who targeted children gets 2 years' jail, 8 strokes (illustrated)
Serial molester, 38, is pictured

16 MAY....MALAYSIA: 15 years' jail, 16 strokes for rapist stepfather
Man, 34, started forced sex with stepdaughter when she was only six

20 MAY....BOTSWANA: DJ in Court With Stolen Trousers
"Four strokes on the bare buttocks" for shoplifter, 27

22 MAY....SINGAPORE: IT specialist jailed 25 years for sexually abusing stepdaughter
37-year-old also ordered to receive 24 strokes of the cane

25 MAY....SAUDI ARABIA: Government Must Codify Taaziri Punishment Rules
Article criticises inconsistent and excessive JCP sentences

29 MAY....THE WORLD: 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"

29 MAY....UNITED STATES: Bill to ban paddling in Ohio schools is hanging by a thin thread
Proposal to outlaw CP lacks support among lawmakers

30 MAY....UNITED STATES: Court gets behind spanking, to a degree
Minnesota Supreme Court holds that paddling your son is not necessarily abuse

June 2008

01 JUN....MALDIVES: 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"

04 JUN....MALAYSIA: Despatch rider gets lower jail term (illustrated)
Drug offender, 23, pictured, also has his rotan sentence reduced from four strokes to three

05 JUN....UNITED STATES: South Texas judge offers paddling in courtroom (with video clip)
98% of parents choose CP option instead of fine, he says

05 JUN....UNITED STATES: Teacher tells 'Dr. Phil' corporal punishment works
Explains on TV that she was assigned to a Mississippi school and found paddling was effective

06 JUN....UNITED STATES: Judge defends 'spanking' policy
He explains paddling procedure, says 500 people have opted to paddle their youngsters in his court

07 JUN....BOTSWANA: Bully Relative Lashed (illustrated)
"Jealous" man, pictured, gets gour strokes plus suspended jail term for stabbing

07 JUN....UNITED STATES: History favors plaintiffs in corporal punishment cases
Three previous courtroom spanking episodes discussed

10 JUN....MALAYSIA: 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

11 JUN....MALAYSIA: Indon contract worker, self-employed escape gallows
Trafficking charges reduced to drug possession; jail plus 10 strokes each for two in their 20s

11 JUN....UNITED STATES: Without a paddle (with video clip)
Judge loses right to offer CP option in court

12 JUN....UNITED STATES: Dear Hearts and Gentle People
Columnist is outraged by behaviour on TV of 8-year-old brat

13 JUN....NIGERIA: Student gets 10 lashes for car theft
Caning for 17-year-old; also ordered to clean up court premises

13 JUN....SINGAPORE: Preventive detention for molester who sniffed armpits
Recidivist, 36, locked up for 14 years and also gets 18 strokes of the cane

13 JUN....UNITED STATES: 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"

17 JUN....SINGAPORE: Grassroots leader gets jail, cane for molest (illustrated)
Ten months and 3 strokes for 46-year-old, pictured

17 JUN....UNITED STATES: Trustees consider going electronic with handbook
Plus changes to CP rules in a Texas district

20 JUN....SINGAPORE: Offences aplenty earn man jail, cane, fines, driving ban (illustrated)
Three strokes for loan shark's runner, 26, pictured

21 JUN....CANADA: Kill this 'Nanny State' bill
New attempt to ban parental spanking

22 JUN....SINGAPORE: Man gets jail, cane for raping drunk colleague
Seven years and six strokes for date-rapist, 30

24 JUN....UNITED STATES: School board backs action
TX district upholds principal over paddling of girl

25 JUN....UNITED STATES: Paddles would solve the problem
Ohio letterwriter clarifies difference between discipline and abuse

26 JUN....CANADA: Anti-spanking lunatics are BaaaaaCk!
Columnist points out that 80% of Canadians support domestic CP

26 JUN....IRAN: Flogging an effective deterrent, says senior official
Head of Judicial Authority says imprisonment is useless, urges judges to impose more public floggings

27 JUN....BAHAMAS: Turnquest supports corporal punishment
Government minister welcomes news that some school principals still cane

28 JUN....SINGAPORE: Man punched bus driver after missing his stop (illustrated)
23-year-old, pictured, gets 9 months' jail and three strokes of the cane

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