Reply #10: My point was NOT that lashing is not barbaric, but generally not fatal

[happyslug]

Yes, people die of lashings, but people also die in their sleep. In the case you site, that was NOT a legal lashing, but one imposed by the local religious leaders in the name of the family. It is more like the lashing of slaves then lashing of freemen (i.e. killing a slave or two was viewed as "Good", I suspect the local Village views the 14 year old death as "Good", please note I disagree with that assessment but I understand the background for it).

Bangladesh is NOT a Moslem fundamentalist country, the lashing was NOT legal and as such all of the traditional controls over lashing were not present.

A report from 2-8-2011 about that case, which includes the observation that the lashing was ILLEGAL (and that the first autopsy reported the death as coming from no apparent cause, i.e. death was NOT related to the Lashing):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12384838

More on the case, including that such fatwa have been illegal for over 10 years, and that the first autopsy was faked to cover up the lashings:
http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/03/29/bangladesh.lashing.death/index.html?on.cnn=1

Another article stating such lashing are illegal under the law, but still occur:
http://www.abigmessage.com/three-men-arrested-in-bangladesh-for-allegedly-issuing-fatwa.html