I hope they get off and all, but the notion of not being allowed to arrest people after 10 PM… do they apply that to *real* crimes as well?

@HYHYBT:
I think it's damn civilized, actually. Maybe we could learn something from them.

Update: Good news, their convictions and sentences were overturned on appeal: http://www.google.com/hostedne.....ATWltbRiWw

Dakar's court of appeal on Monday overturned jail convictions for homosexuality against nine Senegalese nationals and ordered their immediate release.

The chairman of the appeal court Bara Niang annulled "the official statement in the case and the subsequent procedure" and ordered the arrest warrants against the men lifted.

The men, who were sentenced by a lower court to eight years in prison for homosexual conduct, were due to be released immediately, their lawyers said.

Part of a group involved in HIV/AIDS education, they were convicted of "indecent acts against nature" and membership of a criminal organisation after their arrests in December at a private apartment in a Dakar suburb.

Defence lawyers argued at the beginning of the appeal last week that the police report on which the accusations against the men was based relied mainly on anonymous tip-offs. In addition they said the men were not caught in the act as the prosecution had suggested during the trial.