Attorney blames victim in India rape case

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Adnan Abidi / ReutersManohar Lal Sharma, center, lawyer for defendants accused in a gang rape, speaks outside a district court in New Delhi on Thursday.By Kari Huus, Staff Writer, NBC NewsThe attorney representing three men charged with gang rape and murder in India told an interviewer that the woman who died and her male companion were to blame for the attack, which took place on a moving bus in New Delhi, according to a report published Thursday.

"Until today I have not seen a single incident or example of rape with a respected lady," Manohar Lal Sharma said, according to the Bloomberg report. "Even an underworld don would not like to touch a girl with respect."

The Dec. 16 attack left the 23-year-old physiotherapy student and her companion, who was also beaten, bleeding on a highway. The woman died from her injuries two weeks later in a Singapore hospital.




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[Folami David]

What i feel is that the rapists should be killed also. Even a life sentence for each of them would be little