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> former had the latter jailed on (...) sodomy charges Wow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Ibrahim_sodomy_trials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Ibra
by acqq 9y ago
> former had the latter jailed on (...) sodomy charges
Wow:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Ibrahim_sodomy_trials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_Ibrahim_sodomy_trials
"Sodomy, even if consensual, is punishable by up to 20 years' imprisonment and whipping under Section 377B of the Malaysian Penal Code.[18]"
"(defined as "carnal intercourse against the order of nature")"
It's not written in the article how much, but it seems Anwar Ibrahim spent quite a lot of time in prison, more than once.
- coldtea 9y agoThat was the law in tons of US states until 2003 or so. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodomy_laws_in_the_United_Stat...
- acqq 9y agoThanks: In the US, according to Wikipedia: before "2003, the penalty for violating a sodomy law varied very widely from jurisdiction to jurisdiction among those states retaining their sodomy laws. The harshest penalties were in Idaho, where a person convicted of sodomy could earn a life sentence. Michigan followed, with a maximum penalty of 15 years imprisonment while repeat offenders got life.[citation needed]" To compare, in the UK the maximal penalty until 1967 was two year prison with the hard labor, until 1885 life imprisonment, and before 1861 death.
- chrisbennet 9y agoKinney Friedman told a story about a famous Texas lawyer who got his clients charge of sodomy reduced to “following too close”.