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The law is meant to applied ... in a fair and just manner ... not "interpreted" ... :p To the extent that it is not applied in the same way, for different individuals being tried for the same offense, the law becomes unjust and unfair ... Having said that, I do have to say that I am somewhat...

I think that under the rule of law, the answer is quite clear. That's not the rule of law ... that's the rule of men. There is a difference.

You familiar with the phrase "Lady Justice is Blind" ... I am touched by your apparent empathy ... truly I am ... Unfortunately, I seem to recall that it appears to be somewhat selective at times ...

You're still deflecting and avoiding addressing my point and the premise: Does becoming a victim of another's crime, excuse one from being held culpable and being punished - under the law - for the previous criminal acts that one has committed ?

Use the link tool (looks like a world globe with two chain links) instead of pasting it (directly into the reply box) LOL ... then what happened to that yes or no answer to the question I previously posed ? And why are your trying to obfuscate the issue that I raised by focusing on...

No there wasn't ... but there was a victim of the crime of adultery ... even if she wasn't expressly mentioned ... Nice try at dismissal and deflection but ... So ... does being the victim of a crime get one a free pass on any previous crimes one might have committed ? A simple yes or no will...

So ... a rapist rapes an elderly woman ... and then has crap thrown on him and is beaten up by some thugs - to include some form of sexual battery - because or his alleged crime or because they don't like the way the guy looks or whatever ... but he STILL faces punishment ... Is that how the...

BTW ... the headline, while not entirely inaccurate is somewhat misleading ... because it appears to imply that the woman is being punished for being gang-raped, which she is not. A more accurate headline would read: "Adulteress faces public caning - Fox News" But then, it is Fox News after...

Besides the rather obvious religious bigotry, your overall premise is logically flawed: You seek to present the issue as "Islam's treatment of women" ... when, in fact, the punishment is apparently being delivered equally to both the woman and the man who were involved in an adulterous affair...

While folks are mulling that one over, here's a little poop on UNCAT (United Nations Convention Against Torture):

So ... do you believe in the rule of law ? Yes or no ? It's a yes or no answer.

Cue the "they-will-do-it-anyways-because-they-are-savages" response in ... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

Additional food for thought: Original article: Torture, Ticking Time Bombs, and Waterboarding Americans - Conor Friedersdorf - The Atlantic

In terms of dealing with your premise in an abstract, non-personal manner, part of the problem - from the perspective of others - might be the lowness of the threshold some folks appear to have as to their certainty about "knowing" things ... IOW, it's a matter of whether one trusts another's...

What you link appears to be an article which was originally published in National Review. The article is inaccurate in at least one respect that I'm aware of (the characterization of the events leading up to West's discharging of his weapon) ... when compared with the actual, redacted report...

Nah ... he's labelled a wing-nut for the demented crazy he's spewed since that time. For what you refer to above, I'd just label him as a criminal thug ... Yup ... for those that unfamiliar with the specific paradigm we use here in the US: the military is ultimately answerable to civil...

Well now ... that's certainly very special isn't it ? Yippee ! Maybe they should have gotten to vote on whether to charge him or just handle it through an Article 15 ... or maybe just let him off altogether ... After that, maybe West could implement some sort of democratic council, whereby...

The problem comes about with people thinking that they "know" certain things ... when actually they don't ... Some folks seem particularly susceptible to it ... but certainly no one has an exclusive ... and all are prone to it, to one degree or another.

LOL ... ok. But your argument is actually circular: It seems likely that this could be an allegation, but I'll grant that it wouldn't necessarily have to be ... In any event, it would seem that whatever "information" one does have in the scenario you offered is at least somewhat sketchy at...

Like I said (before, if not here specifically): he was incredibly lucky ... The prosecutors on the case wanted to try him in a Court Martial and that was what West was facing when this matter came to light initially ... but they were overruled by those up the chain of command, in a continuing...