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Insight - In Ukraine, scales of justice often imbalanced

<p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/insight-ukraine-scales-justice-often-imbalanced-111039557.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JWwBfHtpp93VsPvLU7j7FA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-04-09T113517Z_1_CBRE8380W6W00_RTROPTP_2_UKRAINE-JUSTICE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="To match Insight UKRAINE-JUSTICE/" align="left" title="To match Insight UKRAINE-JUSTICE/" border="0" /></a>KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainians have become used to heinous crimes in which suspects get off lightly, but the case of Oksana Makar shocked even those who are already deeply cynical about the country's justice system. Nineteen-year-old Makar was gang-raped, half-strangled and then set on fire in early March. She died three weeks later, but before she did her mother videotaped her. As she waves the stump of her amputated right arm in the video, posted to YouTube, Makar says she hoped her attackers would themselves be raped in prison. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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