Accord­ing to the Asso­ci­ated Press, Ms. Gib­bons has been found guilty and sen­tenced to prison and depor­ta­tion. No word on whipping.

More to come. . .

Update: 15 days imprisonment.

Update II: Accord­ing to The Daily Mail, the prison where Ms. Gib­bons is to spend her 15 day sen­tence was designed to hold 200 women, and cur­rently houses 1,500 women and chil­dren. On the other hand, Sudanese offi­cials are rumored to have started pro­cess­ing depor­ta­tion papers for this week­end, sug­gest­ing she may be sent home early.

Update III: Accord­ing to Ratio­nal Jenn, Fox News, &c., pro­test­ers are demand­ing Gib­bons’ exe­cu­tion. Accord­ing to CNN, her time served counts toward the 15 days, so she has 10 days to go. Addi­tional inter­na­tional nego­ti­a­tions to secure early, safe release are ongoing.

I won­der if the Sudan Riot Police will be as pro­tec­tive of her when she is released as they were when she was in court.

Update IV: The mob call­ing for Ms. Gib­bons’ death is now thou­sands strong, and Ms. Gib­bons has been moved to a “secret loca­tion” for her protection.

The insane, destruc­tive fer­vor into which True Believ­ers are able to whip them­selves loses no hor­ror by being com­mon­place. (See, e.g., The Salman Rushdie knight­hood, the Dan­ish car­toons, the Miss World protests, etc.)