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Rapist loses appeal, gets more jail time to replace caning because he turned 50
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A convicted rapist's appeal was dismissed and his sentence was modified to include additional jail time instead of caning because he exceeded the age limit for corporal punishment in Singapore's legal system.
Rapist loses appeal, gets more jail time to replace caning because he turned 50
The court said that caning is always a good form of deterrence for sexual offences and it would also give some solace to victims that the attacker has to feel physical pain in addition to incarceration.
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