We need stiffer punishment for rape
I was appalled to read in the papers that a court in this country fined three men who raped school pupils N7000 each. That judgment is not only ridiculous but sad on many levels. These are school children whose lives have been destroyed by these men and all they get is N7000 fine? These children may never be the same.
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