AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan/Judicial - February 1998
Thousands Watch as Girl is Lashed
100 lashes for teenager who walked with unrelated man
Afghanistan/Judicial - October 1998
Corrupt officials lashed by Taliban
Thousands watch as three receive 36 strokes each
AMERICAN SAMOA
Samoa/Schools - February 1998
Spankings at American Samoa High School Anger Some Parents
80 paddlings in one week under new policy to discipline tardy students
Samoa/Schools - March 1998
Samoa Bans Public School Corporal Punishment
No more flogging after parents complained
AUSTRALIA
Australia/Schools - August 1998
Barnett Firm Against Caning
Don't even discuss it, says Western Australia's Education Minister
Australia/Domestic - October 1998
Spare the rod ... or serve the time
Advisers want law to stop parents using implement
Australia/Schools - November 1998
Strap Is A Last Resort
Private boys' school in Victoria is still whacking away
BERMUDA
Bermuda/Schools - January 1998
Let's smarten up here!
Columnist calls for caning of schoolboys
Bermuda/Schools - May 1998
Forum: Public flogging
Editorial sarcasm greets public enthusiasm for CP
Butler: I'd strap them again
Headmaster is unrepentant
Bermuda/Schools - July 1998
Widespread support for corporal punishment
Poll shows 66% approve of strap
BRUNEI
Brunei/Judicial - June 1998
Cane for mischievous duo
Youths get 4 strokes each for damaging property
Brunei/Judicial - July 1998
Court reduces knife attacker's jail term
But 12-stroke rotan sentence stands
Brunei/Judicial - September 1998
Cane and prison for firecracker smuggler
Five years, three strokes for 23-year-old
Painful lessons of crime (illustrated)
Students, pictured, shown caning demonstration, pictured
CANADA
Canada/Schools - May 1998
Swearing students strapped in school
Alberta school uses strap for bad language
Canada/Schools - June 1998
MPP's bill proposes using force in schools
Does Ontario bill pave way for return of the strap?
Canada/Domestic - November 1998
Ontario Critics Prepare Charter Challenge To Spanking
But others say outlawing all CP would be absurd
Ban right to spank, court urged
Declare Section 43 unconstitutional, urges Ontario kids' rights group
Should kids get a lickin'?
Ontario court battle looms over spanking
FIJI
Fiji/Judicial - May 1998
Rapists to be Caned
Four villagers given 6 strokes each
GERMANY
Germany/Domestic - October 1998
Germany Considers Anti-Slap Law
New government may make it illegal for parents to spank
GUYANA
Guyana/Judicial - November 1998
Student robber serving 15 years spared whipping
Appeal Court sets aside 7-stroke sentence for 26-year-old
INDIA
India/Schools - December 1998
Govt to clarify stand on corporal punishment
Court directs regional authority to state its policy on school CP
IRAQ
Iraq/Schools - September 1998
No smacking in Saddam's schools
Physical punishment should not be on the agenda, says dictator
JAMAICA
Jamaica/Judicial - April 1998
Court of Appeal to decide on flogging
Two appeal against 12-stroke tamarind switch sentence
Jamaica/Judicial - May 1998
Court debates future of flogging
Government argues for JCP to continue
Lawyers feel Rattray should withdraw from flogging panel
Panel to decide on flogging starts work
Court of Appeal will not hear flogging case
Question must go to Supreme Court
The return of the tamarind switch
Details of flogging method described
Jamaica/Schools - August 1998
Corporal punishment, yes
Parents uneasy over no-caning advice to teachers
Jamaica/Judicial - December 1998
Jamaican court abolishes flogging
JCP by tamarind switch finally laid to rest
KENYA
Kenya/Judicial - May 1998
Rapist gets stiffer term
Five-stroke caning added to jail sentence
Kenya/Schools - June 1998
Unruly schoolboys in war of nerves with community
Striking high school boys refuse the cane
Kenya/Judicial - July 1998
Car thief given five years and strokes
Fled to Tanzania, extradited back, given 6 strokes of cane
Tanzanian gets five years over weapons
And six strokes of the cane
Kenya/Schools - September 1998
KCPE students caned for missing holiday classes
Parents storm school after opening-day mass caning
Kenya/Judicial - September 1998
Bandit to serve 10 years for robbery
Violent robber also ordered to receive 10 strokes of cane
Kenya/Judicial - October 1998
22-year-old to die for rape
Ten strokes of cane, 10 years' jail, then hanging for rape and robbery with violence
Kenya/Judicial - November 1998
Man jailed for seven years for defiling girl, 10
50-year-old who 'behaved like a beast' also ordered seven strokes of cane
KUWAIT
Kuwait/Judicial - October 1998
MPs Call For Corporal Punishment
Islamic whipping urged for adultery, alcohol, murder, etc.
MALAYSIA
Malaysia/Judicial - January 1998
Jobless man jailed for having cannabis
30-year-old gets 8 years plus 10 strokes of cane
Officer jailed for cheating the needy
Criminal breach of trust brings six years, three strokes for welfare officer
Judge: It may be cheaper to whip convicts than jail them
Rapist sees caning sentence upped from 24 strokes to 30
Bar Council opposes whipping in lieu of jail
Whipping is only for heinous crimes, say lawyers
Malaysia/Judicial - February 1998
Carpenter gets 18 years, cane for raping stepdaughter (illustrated)
47-year-old, pictured, already in jail for another rape, to have 10 strokes
TYT grants freedom to life prisoner after spending 17 years in cell (illustrated)
Clemency for 34-year-old, pictured, caned at age 17 for armed robbery
Malaysia/Judicial - March 1998
Malaysian police advocate caning
Three strokes recommended for illegal immigrants
Federal Court spares duo the gallows
To be given 10 strokes of cane each within one month
Stiff sentence
Eight boat skippers get 42 strokes between them for bringing in illegal immigrants
Malaysia/Judicial - April 1998
Trio jailed 12 years for drug possession (illustrated)
Three twentysomethings, pictured, also get 10 strokes of cane each
Addict jailed 5 years
21-year-old also gets 10 strokes of cane
Malaysia/Judicial - May 1998
Robber, 12, jailed 12 years for shooting victim
Juvenile armed robber also ordered 10 strokes
Cannabis: Man escapes gallows
12 years and 12 strokes instead for 26-year-old
Malaysia/Judicial - June 1998
Jailed and rotan for raping little girls
Three young men get 10 years, 5 strokes each
Jail and rotan for father, son who raped girl (illustrated)
48-year-old, pictured, to have 20 years, 5 strokes; son, 21, pictured, given 15 years and 3 strokes
Malaysia/Schools - July 1998
Teacher caned me 11 times, says pupil (illustrated)
Boy, 12, shows marks on backside, pictured
Malaysia/Judicial - July 1998
Former bank clerk gets 30 months' jail for cheating (illustrated)
25-year-old, pictured, also given two strokes of rotan
10 years jail, rotan for two who raped factory worker (illustrated)
Government servants, pictured, ordered one stroke each
Filipino having bags of ganga jailed, caned
Six years and 10 strokes for 30-year-old
Malaysia/Judicial - August 1998
16-year jail term for rapist restored
50-year-old to get 24 strokes after all
Judge: Ensure rapist is whipped
Caning must be administered before 50th birthday
Welder wins appeal against death sentence
31-year-old gets 17 years and 10 strokes instead
Trader gets eight years, rotan for ganga offence
Ten strokes for drug offender, 21
Malaysia/Schools - August 1998
Students get a trimming from their peers (illustrated)
Secondary school boys, pictured, get haircuts at school instead of caning for long hair
Risky business of disciplining students (illustrated)
Long discussion of options; cartoon of teacher with cane; picture of typical large class
Judicious use of cane can solve indiscipline
Retired teacher says it's the only way
It's time for teachers to take out the cane again
Columnist recalls "whack on the buttocks" with approval
Malaysia/Schools - September 1998
The cane can definitely do more good than harm
Letter-writer recalls 12-stroke caning for smoking
Drifting towards post-colonialism
Malay College, "Eton of the East", retains caning
Malaysia/Judicial - September 1998
Local youth gets 15 years, whip for raping minor
22-year-old raped neighbour several times, gets 10 strokes of rotan
Too many rapes in Sabah, so duo lose plea
10 years and six strokes each as appeal is turned down
Malaysia/Judicial - October 1998
Indon jailed for raping girl, 10
21-year-old given 10 years and three strokes
Despatch clerk gets jail, rotan for having cannabis
Six years and 10 strokes for drug culprit, 26
Addict escapes the gallows
Drug trafficking not proved, but 38-year-old gets 12 years, 10 strokes for possession
Malaysia/Schools - October 1998
Group: Appoint discipline teachers
Parents must not complain about caning, says crime prevention agency
Malaysia/Judicial - November 1998
Stiffer penalties to curb abuse of pep pills 'effective'
Jail and caning are deterring drug abuse, claims Health Minister
Liberian escapes death on reduced drug charge
29-year-old gets 18 years, 15 strokes instead
Man jailed six years for trying to sodomise room mate
30-year-old shop assistant also caned after sex with boy
Back to jail plus rotan for ex-con
Six years and 5 strokes of rotan for old lag, 34
Lecturer gets jail, rotan for dadah
26-year-old given 10 years and 10 strokes for possessing cannabis
50 years for death, rapes
Plus 11 strokes of cane for 33-year-old
Illegal who brought in more illegals jailed
Filipino, 26, to serve 2 years and receive 3 strokes
Jail and rotan for slashing fellow farmer
Two years, 7 strokes for 45-year-old after banana tree contretemps
Malaysia/Judicial - December 1998
Having arms: Two get jail
Two men in 40s caned for possessing revolver
'Forked' into sex: Indon is jailed
21-year-old given 6 strokes, 18 years for rape
Addict gets five years and rotan for drugs
Three strokes for 37-year-old habitual heroin user
22 years jail, rotan for raping minor
27-year-old ordered nine strokes for sex with 14-year-old
Crane operator jailed 12 years for raping minor
Also gets three strokes after attack on 13-year-old girl
Businessman with firearms jailed 13 years
44-year-old also gets 6 strokes for possessing gun and ammunition
Molesting girl, 5: Indon jailed
24 months and 3 strokes for labourer, 35
Malaysia/Schools - December 1998
Problem school? This is a job for super principal and teachers
Caning not enough, says Education Minister
NAMIBIA
Namibia/Schools - March 1998
Pupils protest of 'mistreatment'
Secondary students complain of floggings despite national CP ban
NEW ZEALAND
New Zealand/Schools - January 1998
A beating is a beating
Police Minister calls for return of school cane
Discipline
Letter-writers pour scorn on notion that school caning equals violence
New Zealand/Schools - March 1998
School rejects punishment plea
School board member foiled in bid to bring back the cane
New Zealand/Schools - October 1998
Caning era now at end
Christian school caves in to government's no-cane policy
NIGERIA
Nigeria/Judicial - July 1998
Magistrate Threatens to Jail Parents Over Children's Behaviour
Two 'notorious criminals' aged 17 get 12 strokes of cane each
Nigeria/Judicial - October 1998
Man Flogged, Jailed for Theft of NEPA Meters
Six strokes of the cane for businessman
PAKISTAN
Pakistan/Judicial - July 1998
Pakistani policeman says flogging for adulterer was enough
Thousands riot over "too lenient" sentence of prison plus public flogging
SINGAPORE
Singapore/Judicial - January 1998
Man jailed for beating up live-in girlfriend (illustrated)
33-year-old, pictured, given 18 months and three strokes of cane
7 cars forfeited for carrying illegal immigrants
Three culprits ordered caning as well as jail
Singapore/Judicial - February 1998
Father cleared of rape but is jailed for molest
Labourer, 45, molested daughter, given 9 strokes, 16 months
Singapore/Judicial - March 1998
'Headstrong' man leaves a dent on police car (illustrated)
40-year-old, pictured, was caned in 1994
Drive against illegals: Over 200 arrested in raids (illustrated)
112 detainees will receive at least 3 strokes of cane each
Flood of immigration offenders in court -- hundreds jailed and caned
117 plead guilty, men caned, women fined
I have never felt such pain before (illustrated)
Interview with freshly-caned prisoner, pictured
120 illegals plead guilty
Court metes out 500 strokes of cane in one day
Lorry driver tries to smuggle 64 illegals out
59 more get one month, 4 strokes of cane each
Singapore/Judicial - April 1998
He's sick! (illustrated)
41-year-old, pictured, gets 6 years, 6 strokes
Rape bid on exec in 5-star hotel
9 years, 16 strokes for Malaysian, 36
Singapore/Judicial - May 1998
Rob-and-ride scheme that failed
Carjacker, 27, given 7 years, 24 strokes
Ex-beau gets jail for dagger attack
Jealous ex, previously caned 24 strokes for manslaughter, now gets another 12
Young robber's appeal rejected
Chief Justice confirms teen's 12-stroke caning
Singapore/Judicial - June 1998
Robbed tourists with arrest threats
24 strokes, 5½ years for 20-year-old
Four secret society members get cane and jail for rioting
Five strokes each for teen gangsters
He plays cards, wins, then smashes loser (illustrated)
Jail plus 3 strokes for masseur, 38, pictured
Is this the face of a born loser? (illustrated)
Salesman, 26, pictured, given 8 years and 24 strokes
They asked for work permits, then snatched wallets of Indian workers
Seven years and 24 strokes each for young robbers
Singapore/Judicial - July 1998
These 6 were caned for hiring illegals
Three strokes each for guilty employers
The Young & the Lawless (illustrated)
21-year-old robber, pictured, to have 24 strokes
Man who tried to stop a fight beaten to death
Young ringleader given 12 strokes, three others 6 strokes each
Paedophile gets jail, cane for molesting boy
Six years, 10 strokes for 25-year-old after sex with 13-year-old
Youth jailed for sex with minor
22-year-old also gets 12 strokes for robbery
Hardcore addicts face jail and cane
New law brings mandatory jail and caning for repeat drug abusers
Posed as cop to rob foreigners
Six years and 24 strokes for robbery and impersonation
Two drug addicts first to get cane
Hardcore drug abusers jailed and caned under new law
Singapore/Judicial - August 1998
Sex, lies and video scam (illustrated)
'Pervert', 23, pictured, given 6 years and 4 strokes for sex with boys, 15
Same time, same place, same victim, but ... Different ending
Robber, 26, receives 3 years, 12 strokes
Teen who killed rival gang member jailed
18-year-old gangster given 7 years, 9 strokes of cane
Boy shivers every time his free pager goes off (illustrated)
Eight years, 18 strokes for molester, 33, pictured
Youth gets 7½ years' jail for string of crimes
And maximum caning for 17-year-old armed robber
Singapore/Judicial - September 1998
She wanted 20 cents to take bus (illustrated)
'Uncle', 44, pictured, molested 6-year-old, given six months, six strokes
He took her underwear (illustrated)
Serial mountain-bike molester, 29, pictured, gets three years and 9 strokes
Illegals robbed and hurt cabby
Two in their twenties given five years and 18 strokes each after armed robbery
Snatch thieves face tougher punishment
New sentencing guidelines: 20-year-old gets four years, 12 strokes
Singapore/Judicial - October 1998
30 months and 6 strokes for extortion bid
Court orders CP for 'greedy' teen
Court ups sentence of teen killer
10 years, 15 strokes, for killing rival gang member
Driver hid 6 illegals under bus floor
Four years, 18 strokes for Malaysian, 29
Watch this and stay off crime
School students see video of prison life; Teens 'shocked' by caning scene
CNB pulls in over 90 in Dragnet
162 hardcore addicts have been jailed and caned since July, says Narcotics Bureau chief
Raping daughters: Court gets tough
Five years' raping brings 24 years, 24 strokes for 41-year-old
Man who hid heroin in anus gets jail, cane
Addict, 24, obtained drug in court lock-up, given 8 years, five strokes
Two jailed for bid to smuggle out foreigners
Nine illegal immigrants get four strokes each
Giving drugs to someone is considered 'trafficking'
22-year-old gets six years, 5 strokes for giving someone an Ecstasy pill
Teen gets jail for extorting money
And six strokes of cane for robber, 16
Mercy for drug trafficker with HIV
'Only' 22 years and 15 strokes for 39-year-old
Singapore/Judicial - November 1998
Man gets 27 months, 15 strokes
Newspaper vendor, 35, molested seven girls
Man gets cane, jail for raping 76-year-old (illustrated)
36-year-old, pictured, gets 14 years, 24 strokes
Molester gets jail and caning
15 months and 6 strokes for labourer, 36
Girl raped again 5 months after rape by granddad
27-year-old given 24 strokes, 16 years
Singapore/Judicial - December 1998
Six years, caning for smuggling in illegal immigrants
Malaysian driver, 41, ordered 24 strokes
'Master' gets jail for molest
Three strokes, 9 months for 44-year-old
Man molested lover's daughters
Three strokes, 10 months for fondling teen girls
Jail, cane for rubbish chute burglar
Hawker, 29, to have 24 strokes for string of crimes
Jail, cane for man who, for $35, smuggled illegal
Malaysian, 40, gets 3 years, 4 strokes for bringing alien in
Labourer gets 6 years, 12 strokes
49-year-old odd-job-man caned for raping landlady
Crime rate on the rise
Nine-year record of declining crime statistics comes to an end
Security officer gets jail for rape
33-year-old to have 8 strokes, 7 years
He refuses to give urine samples and wets his pants (illustrated)
Repeat drug offender, 39 (pictured), first to be jailed and caned under new law
SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa/Schools - January 1998
Rushing to school not because they're keen, but need a seat
Bring back the cane, say teachers
South Africa/Schools - March 1998
Caning is still alive and well in SA schools
CP continues despite new law, says education researcher
South Africa/Schools - April 1998
Education chiefs ponder how to spare rod
Officials discuss replacements for cane
Corporal Punishment: Bending the Truth
Caning is effective, 'violence' equation is hogwash, opines leader-writer
South Africa/Schools - May 1998
How to discipline school hooligans
Teachers at their wit's end but chastisement won't help -- Editorial
South Africa/Schools - June 1998
Christian Schools Say Ban on Caning is Unconstitutional
Contrary to Christian principles, say 209 independent schools
South Africa/Judicial - July 1998
People's court dishes out tough justice to 'Romeo' (illustrated)
Man, 54, pictured, displays weals on buttocks after sjambok punishment by local tribal court
South Africa/Schools - August 1998
Corporal punishment request to be discussed by Education Ministry
Teachers clamour for return of the cane
Threat to spread school boycott
Students protest government neglect, continued corporal punishment
South Africa/Schools - October 1998
Constitutional Court dismisses corporal punishment application
Christian schools lose fight to keep the cane
South Africa/Judicial - November 1998
Unlikely allies fight crime
Criminals can be cured through CP, says vigilante group
SUDAN
Sudan/Judicial - April 1998
Flogging stopped for women, seniors
Judicial c.p. to be limited to men under 60, with some exceptions
SWAZILAND (now renamed Eswatini)
Swaziland/Schools - December 1998
Primary school pupils smoke dagga, wear caps
Teachers beat them, but kids not prepared to change their ways
THAILAND
Thailand/Schools - October 1998
Bid to ban caning in Thai schools
1972 caning regulation is outdated, say educationalists
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
Trinidad & Tobago/Judicial - April 1998
Appeal judges confirm rapist's 20-year sentence
24-year-old also to receive ten strokes with the birch
14 years, 10 strokes for chopping
Jail term and a birching for "brutal and vicious" attacker, 38
Trinidad & Tobago/Judicial - May 1998
12 years, 12 lashes for burning wife
Birching ordered for 33-year-old
Trinidad & Tobago/Judicial - July 1998
Judge wants heavy jail for bandits
Youngster loses his appeal against 10-stroke flogging sentence
Trinidad & Tobago/Schools - July 1998
Minister takes a beating for whipping talk
Education minister supports CP in schools
Trinidad & Tobago/Judicial - October 1998
Robber gets 66 years in jail
And 20-stroke flogging for 25-year-old
Appeal Court adds 15 strokes to life term
Attempted murderer, 33, will now also be birched
Judge describes prisoner's flogging as 'monstrous'
Prison mistakenly administers 15-stroke birching before appeal is heard
Rapist gets 15 years and 15 strokes
Court orders birching for ten-years-ago attack
UGANDA
Uganda/Judicial - March 1998
Boy gets 12 strokes for defilement
14-year-old cautioned and caned after sex with girl he wants to marry
Uganda/Schools - May 1998
A diary of caning, caning, and more caning
Writer recalls 1970s schooling
UK Ugandans rush kids to Kampala schools
No discipline in UK, say parents
Uganda/Judicial - June 1998
Police, DSO disarm vigilantes
Ten given the cane for misusing arms and ammunition
Uganda/Judicial - July 1998
Kabale chief gets 50 strokes for womanising
Caned for poaching another man's wife
Uganda/Schools - September 1998
Schools to teach 'Peace' studies
Students get CP without fair hearing, claims pressure group
Uganda/Judicial - November 1998
Mbale robbers get 7 years
Two receive six strokes of cane each
Man caned over obscene words
Labourer, 21, ignored warnings against obscenity
Uganda/Schools - November 1998
Makerere don backs corporal punishment
Cane essential for learning but must be directed exactly at buttocks, says professor
UNITED KINGDOM
UK/Schools - January 1998
How childcare was hijacked
Anti-CP campaigns serve to further the paedophile agenda, claims writer
UK/Schools - March 1998
MPs set to ban cane in public [= private] schools
Move to ban 'six of the best'
CP hangs on in only a few private schools
Last vestiges of caning swept away
Parliament votes total abolition
Mad about beating the boy
CP 'victims' become its most fervent advocates, says writer
Cane mutiny boosts Tories
Report of House of Commons debate
UK/Judicial - March 1998
A fair price to pay
Judicial CP would be much cheaper than prison, and just as effective, argues writer
UK/Schools - May 1998
Benefits of the strap in schools
The lunatics have taken over the asylum, says former teacher
UK/Schools - June 1998
Corporal punishment outlawed
Cane bows out as House of Lords last-ditch stand fails
UK/Schools - September 1998
"Bend over," said the head. It didn't quite hurt him as much as it hurt me
Columnist recalls prep-school slippering
UK/Domestic - September 1998
Caning ruled illegal
Human Rights Court sides with boy caned by stepfather
The inhuman beating that makes reform inevitable
Government will have to change law, but ruling does not ban all CP
Parents to keep right to smack
Spanking without an implement still OK, says Minister
Minister pledges to spare the rod but draw a line
But pressure groups want all smacking outlawed too
Parental right that smacks of a bygone age
Overview of CP's chequered career
UK/Illicit - November 1998
Dentist 'spanked girl trainee in exam test'
Dentist 'horrified by spanking claim'
Tears as dentist cleared of spanking teenager (illustrated)
General Dental Council clears dentist, pictured, of bare-bottom spanking allegations
UK/Schools - November 1998
I was beaten for stammering, says Wilcox
TV celebrity recalls wartime canings by grammar school headmaster
Wilcox claim is rubbish, says fellow stammerer
Contemporaries come to defence of alma mater
UNITED STATES
US/Domestic - January 1998
Dad Takes a Beating Over His 12-Year-Old's Spanking
Columnist describes outrage at trial of man who disciplined his son
US/Schools - January 1998
City school board to discuss ban on paddling
Some Memphis school principals still apply CP, wish to continue
Paddles will stay in city schools
Memphis board rejects paddle ban
Fair debate: School board handles paddling issue well
The stronger argument won, avers editorialist
US/Schools - February 1998
A school with 2 R's: rules and results
Mississippi model boarding school uses paddle to good effect
School board to discuss paddling
Manatee School Board, Florida, considers reinstating CP
Paddling pro/cons debated
Manatee parents can't agree
Paddling: moot point
Corporal punishment would bring schools big trouble, asserts leader-writer
Branstad reconsiders corporal punishment
Iowa Governor open to paddle's return
Lawmakers provide paddling shield for school administrators
South Carolina debates reinforcing discipline
Discipline: tough problem to define, tougher to enforce (illustrated)
South Carolina paper sets out arguments, shows picture of paddle
Children need paddling to learn about limits
Manatee letter-writer, 20, demands return of CP
Prosecutors drop charge in NC paddling
Three students paddled for fighting
US/Illicit - March 1998
No Charges in Alleged VMI Hazing
Freshmen at military university "spanked with belt"
US/Schools - March 1998
State readers say trouble starts with parents
S. Carolina residents calls for paddle swats, school uniforms, parenting education
US/Schools - April 1998
Police Chief sues ex-coach
Boy allegedly beaten at Texas school
US/Illicit - May 1998
In Honor Code Case, VMI Expels Students on Both Ends of Spankings
Expelled VMI cadets to take finals as case heads to court (illustrated)
More hazing claims at military college
11 fraternity members charged with assault
University pledges were caned on their buttocks
US/Schools - May 1998
Batesville spares rod more than others
But another Arkansas district clocked up 852 paddlings
Choosing to succeed
Black boarding school rewards youths who make the sacrifices needed, paddles them when necessary
US/Judicial - June 1998
Ald. Bosley is trying again to legalise paddling as punishment for vandals in city
St Louis politician calls for public vote on JCP
US/Schools - June 1998
District settles lawsuit without admitting guilt
Four OK students paddled after alleging maltreatment
Schools to continue allowing paddling
CP deters through word of mouth, claims Indiana assistant principal
US/Domestic - July 1998
Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child
The experts are wrong, writes experienced parent
US/Schools - July 1998
Ignacio Schools Adopt Spanking In All Grades
Colorado district gives principals the right to swat
Birmingham In Apparent Minority In Ruling Out The Paddle
Birmingham bans CP but other Alabama districts want to keep it
Corporal punishment on books, rarely used
School districts surrounding Birmingham that still paddle are listed
US/Domestic - August 1998
Alabama Native Says Corporal Punishment Is God-Given Right
Pastor defends use of belt on his 11-year-old son
US/Schools - August 1998
Poll Shows School Violence Is Of Great Concern In State
Oklahomans, worried about school safety, endorse continued use of paddle
A Code of Conduct: Discipline Varies Across School District Boundaries
Oklahoma school punishments detailed
Riverside celebrating 28th year
Old-fashioned, traditional Louisiana academy enforces strict discipline with paddle
Paddle's thwack the answer to school troubles
Banning of CP has spawned massive proliferation of disobedience, argues columnist
Poshard Would Let Schools Paddle Pupils
Candidate for Illinois Governor would reverse ban on CP
Poshard takes a beating over spanking stand
Teachers tackle would-be governor after remarks on CP
Mt. Pleasant School Board OKs Discipline Policy
Pennsylvania district leaves paddle in place
Time for corporal punishment
Need for a return to discipline and authority, says letter-writer
US/Domestic - September 1998
A Good Whuppin'?
Debate over parental spanking in the black community
US/Schools - September 1998
Corporal Punishment Under Scrutiny
Pennsylvania paddling regulations analysed
Don't Spank Our Kids, Parents Tell Schools
Ohio parents divided over paddling
Paddling issue not settled yet
Ohio districts still using the paddle are listed
NCH Parents Say No To Paddling
Parents in Ohio district disapprove of CP
US/Judicial - October 1998
Corporal punishment will reduce crime
Iowa university columnist calls for Singapore-style caning
US/Schools - October 1998
Adams Co. task force recommends return of corporal punishment
Ohio school board considers bringing back paddle
Dressed to kill
Texas high school gives swats for gang-related clothing
Bruises spark school paddling probe
South Carolina parent requests paddling for child, then complains about result
Keep Paddling Out Of Schools, Panel Says
Task force recommends no CP in Ohio district
Teacher suspended for spanking
Ohio teacher spanks first-grader, gets 3 days off work
Teacher Suspended for Paddling
He violated district ban on CP dating from 1989
US/Domestic - November 1998
Neighbor accused of spanking boy
8-year-old's bike tire hit 86-year-old's marigolds
What happened to discipline?
Wisconsin letter-writer urges fathers to use razor strop
US/Reformatory - November 1998
Fighting to free a grandson
14-year-old Colorado boy locked up in Louisiana paddling institution
US/Schools - November 1998
No Charges But Principal Resigns After Spanking Incident
Row over illegal spanking of Illinois boy, 8
Elementary teacher sued for hitting student with yardstick
Georgia father sues fifth-grade teacher
Recalling sorrows of algebra
Columnist recalls 1940s classroom paddlings in SC
Tardy?
New policy at Texas high school means choice of paddle swats or suspension for repeated latecomers
NCH Board Rejects Paddling In Schools
Ohio district votes unanimously against CP
US/Domestic - December 1998
Judge says pastor may not spank his son
Massachusetts minister loses fight to strap his 11-year-old
US/Judicial - December 1998
Public flogging suggested as crime solution
Crime would plummet, claims Mississippi city alderman
Can caning end impeachment?
Singaporeans suggest cane as way out of Clinton impasse
US/Reformatory - December 1998
Teen held in La. camp flies home
15-year-old Colorado boy escapes fundamentalist spanking regime
Medina refuge turns 40
Texas children's home, noted for past whippings, still uses CP
US/Schools - December 1998
Father contends wrestler paddled
Tennessee coach under investigation
Principal charged with paddling freshman too hard
Georgia pro-CP dad outraged at 15-year-old son's bruised tail
The growing police state of our public schools
Colorado writer laments replacement of paddles with resident police
YEMEN
Yemen/Judicial - November 1998
Yemeni Man Flogged For Selling, Drinking Alcohol
Receives 80 lashes in front of court building, also jailed and fined
ZAMBIA
Zambia/Judicial - March 1998
Two rapists jailed 5 years
Court also orders them to receive five strokes of the cane
Zambia/Judicial - April 1998
Amend trespass law, parley told
Ten strokes of the cane each for two, and judge orders them to be administered that very day
Zambia/Judicial - September 1998
Cells fighter to be caned
Eight strokes ordered for 21-year-old after assault in police cell
Zambia/Judicial - November 1998
Mother killer in for 10 years
19-year-old farmer also ordered to receive 10 strokes of the cane
Zambia/Judicial - December 1998
Lawyers seek abolition of corporal punishment
Judicial canings dished out indiscriminately, says Law Association
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