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                       24 Indian Men Jailed for 1996 Rape

   An Indian court has overturned the acquittals of 24 men involved in the
   case of a teenager who was raped for several weeks in southern India 18
   years ago.
   Kerala High Court sentenced one man Friday to life imprisonment and the
   other 23 received various prison terms, ranging from seven to 11 years.
   The girl was raped by at least 40 men in various places for 40 days in
   Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Court officials say her rapists included a
   professor, lawyers, businessmen, and government officials.
   While the ordeal happened in 1996, the men received their acquittals in
   2005. India`s top court ordered a retrial last year.
   India`s justice system moves slowly, but a brutal gang rape and murder
   in New Delhi in December 2012 unleased public anger over the treatment
   of women and a long-unspoken epidemic of sexual violence. Faster trials
   were among the changes in the legal system as a result.
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