Mob Cuts Penis Off Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing 3-Year-Old Girl

[Cali_Democrat]

After a man in Brazil was accused of sexually abusing a 3-year-old girl, community members apparently decided to take action.

According to local media outlets, the accused was found on the side of the road with his penis severed less than 24 hours after the alleged abuse. The man, who police in Severínia identified as 66-year-old Francisco de Souza de Castro, also lost three fingers in the incident, Estado reports.

Police are now trying to determine the identities of the people involved in the attack.

An investigation has also been launched into the alleged rape of the 3-year-old, reports note. The girl's mother reportedly noticed that something was amiss when she arrived home Sunday evening. Castro, who works on a farm where the child was staying with her grandparents at the time, was accused of sexually abusing the girl.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/08/brazil-penis-cut-off-severed-sexual-assault_n_5289992.html?utm_hp_ref=crime

[newfie11]

1. Good was my first thought

But toward the end it's not clear that she was raped.

[RebelOne]

2. Agree. I have no sympathy for him. n/t

[Blue_Tires]

8. Unless of course he was misidentified or it was a false accusation...

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Which leads us to mob hysteria like this:

http://www.vocativ.com/world/brazil-world/lynching-brazil-facebook-responsible/

[msanthrope]

3. So cutting off the penis of someone accused of crime is good? Maybe you wanna

read the last paragraph of the article before you get cut happy.

[newfie11]

4. I did and changed my post!

[DireStrike]

7. A lot of people have blind spots about justice and due process concerning certain crimes.

The most vile crimes are the ones where we must exercise the most restraint.

[MannyGoldstein]

5. Oh, he was accused.

So he must have been guilty.

[Art_from_Ark]

9. Edwin Meese agrees!

"Of course a suspect is guilty! Otherwise, he wouldn't be a suspect!"-- Edwin Meese, Attorney-General under Ronald Reagan.

[erpowers]

6. That Is Bad

What if it turns out that he had not sexually assaulted the young girl? They should have let the police and the courts handle this situation.

[DrDan]

10. That is just so wrong

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. horrible. Better to let the law handle it.

[herding cats]

12. Damn. That's messed up!

There's no undoing what they did to him, and evidence doesn't support he was even guilty of the accusation.

The Institute of Forensic Medicine examined the girl and determined she was not raped, Spanish-language news agency EFE reports. However, authorities have not released their final report.