1. Punishment for Rape in India:
Punishment for rape is given in section 376 of the Indian Penal Code. Except in cases provided in subsection 2 of the same section, punishment will be rigorous imprisonment which is not less than 7years, which may extend to life imprisonment, and fine.
2. Saudi Arabia:
Rape is punishable by death as hadd or ta’zir, under circumstances of grievous and aggravated rape or in the case of serial rapists.
3. Bangladesh:
The Supreme Court in 2015 ruled in an appeal challenging the mandatory death penalty for rape. It said that the death sentence would remain an option alongside life imprisonment and depends on the gravity of the crime.
4. Japan:
Twenty years for the crime of rape. If it is rape or fatal rape at the scene of any other crime like robbery, then the death penalty.
5. Iran:
under Article 224 of the Islamic Penal Code, fornication by force or reluctance is punishable
6. Pakistan:
Gang rape, child molestation, and rape are punishable by death. An assault on a woman and intentional display of her body in public view are punishable by death. Statutory rape by a girl's man under 16, especially gang rape, is punishable by death.
7. Cuba:
Death penalty for rape resulting in serious injury by an offender previously convicted of the same crime or by an offender who knows that s/he suffers from a sexually transmitted disease is punishable by death. The rape of a child under the age of 12 is punishable by death.
8. United States:
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9. France:
15 years to life The French are pretty hardcore about their rape laws. They hand out 15-year sentences for rape, which can be extended to 30 or life depending on the extent of damage and brutality.
10. China:
Death sentence or castration The sentence for rape in China is death, which some might laud for their swiftness. However, execution without a proper trial is just as savage. Proof of their autocratic leadership shows that some convicted rapists who were executed were later found innocent. Castration is also used in some cases.
11. Saudi Arabia:
Beheading within days The punishment for rape in Saudi Arabia is a public beheading after administering the rapist with a sedative. The fact that they hand down the same punishment for drug trafficking as well
12. North Korea:
Death by firing squad This dictatorship sentences rapists to death by firing squad. Their lines of justice are so blurred that they just use this as a cover-up to execute dissidents for all we know.
13. Afghanistan:
Shot in the head or hanged to death Convicted rapists here are shot in the head within 4 days or hanged to death depending on the judgment handed out by the court.
14. Egypt:
Death by hanging Egypt is also one of the places that still follows the slightly outdated death by hanging. Iran: Hanged to death Rapists in Iran are sentenced to death, sometimes by hanging but sometimes allegedly also by stoning, which is a gruesome method to go. Sadly enough, however, the culture here also victimizes the person who was raped. In the case of rapists, though, I think that's pretty ok.
15. Israel:
16 years to life If someone is convicted of raping women, he is liable to be sentenced to 16 years in prison. Their definition of rape is quite inclusive and takes into account other forms of sexual assault.
16. Russia:
3 to 20 years Rapists in Russia are usually sentenced to 3-6 years in prison. The jail term can go up to more than 10 years depending on the situation, such as if the person causes grievous harm and can be even higher (20 years) if it's a rare case.
17. Norway:
4 to 15 years They are one of the most stringent places about rape. Any kind of sexual behavior without consent falls under the category of rape here, and the perpetrator can be thrown in jail for a period of 4-15 years, depending on how heinous the crime was. They have such nice prisons...
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