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Lenient rape terms to be reviewed

A COURT in Zhejiang Province's Huzhou City has decided to review a lower tribunal's judgment, which sparked online outrage after minimum sentences were imposed on two police assistants for raping a drunken woman. ... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Mon, Nov 02 2009

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