I don't really know where on the forum to put this. It would fit in Religion, Junk science...
From the article:
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,9294,2-7-1442_2036950,00.htmlThe judge gave the offender 10 years instead of the allowed life sentence, after raping a 9 year old and saying that it was part of a ritual.
Then the cherry on top:
"When passing sentence, Judge Nico Coetzee said Ngomane was an embarrassment to honest, hard-working healers."
Peddling hocus pocus magic bull is classified as honest and hard working. I am left feeling that the judge was lenient because of the offender's belief system.