"The High Court in Bangladesh has ordered the authorities to exhume the body of a 14-year-old girl who received about 80 lashes in public."
The article notes that "this is the second reported case of a fatality linked to a Sharia law punishment since the practice was outlawed last year by the High Court," which reminded me of our discussions of how legality means little if not reinforced by customary practices.
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