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Interesting international sentencing controversy in middle east

By Douglas A. Berman

Anyone troubled by the nature and state of sentencing law and policy in the United States can perhaps take some comfort that other countries also have their share of dysfunctional sentencing experiences.  The latest example comes from this notable AP story reporting on recent activity in the Middle East: Demonstrators in Cairo demanded Tuesday that Saudi Arabia release an Egyptian doctor sentenced to 15 years in prison and 1,500 lashes after he was convicted of malpractice ?reportedly after treating a Saudi princess.... Raouf Amin el-Arabi, a doctor who has been serving the Saudi royal family for about 20 years, was convicted last year of giving a patient the wrong medication.  Egyptian newspapers reported that he was accused of driving a Saudi princess "to addiction...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 11, 2008 (boomark / email).