CP NEWS CHRONOLOGY 2020

2020

January -- 1 item, which is New!

February -- 8 items, all of which are New!

March-December -- to follow

January 2020 New!

30 JAN....UNITED STATES: Bill would ban corporal punishment in public schools
Failed abolition attempt in Mississippi legislature

February 2020

All the items for February are New!

06 FEB....NIGERIA: 5 youths bag 6 months imprisonment for public disturbance
Plus a fine, plus 12 strokes of the cane each

06 FEB....UNITED STATES: Putting away the paddle?
Further coverage of the Mississippi bill

13 FEB....UNITED STATES: Which local school districts allow corporal punishment?
An Alabama TV station investigates

21 FEB....UNITED STATES: In Kentucky Schools, Hundreds Of Students Are Struck By Staff Each Year, and It's Legal
13 KY districts are still wielding the paddle

21 FEB....UNITED STATES: Whitley BOE ends corporal punishment
No more paddling in one Kentucky district

21 FEB....SINGAPORE: Jail, cane for man who abetted sexual assault on drunk teenage girl
23-year-old gets seven years in prison and six strokes of the cane

27 FEB....UNITED STATES: Pampa school board approves corporal punishment
A Texas school district reinstates spanking

28 FEB....BOTSWANA: Royal talk: Charles Letsholathebe (illustrated)
Retiring court judge, pictured, talks about ordering canings for delinquent youths

Archive 2020 (same information as on this page, but sorted by country and month, with links to overall month/country pages, but not to individual news items)

News Chronology 2019