Editing Lynching (section)

====Dominican Republic====
[[Extrajudicial punishment]], including lynching, of alleged criminals who committed various crimes, ranging from [[theft]] to [[murder]], has some endorsement in Dominican society. According to a 2014 [[Latinobarómetro]] survey, the [[Dominican Republic]] had the highest rate of acceptance in [[Latin America]] of such unlawful measures.<ref>[http://web.amnesty.org/report2006/dom-summary-eng Amnesty International | Working to Protect Human Rights<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810112039/http://web.amnesty.org/report2006/dom-summary-eng |date=August 10, 2007 }}</ref> These issues are particularly evident in the [[Cibao|Northern Region]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Santana|first1=Antonio|title=Linchamientos en el norte de la República Dominicana alarman a las autoridades|url=http://noticias.lainformacion.com/policia-y-justicia/criminalidad/linchamientos-en-el-norte-de-republica-dominicana-alarman-a-las-autoridades_gWNCA7FNHWgPguFOVzpOK4/|access-date=September 9, 2015|agency=EFE|website=Lainformacion.com|date=June 9, 2012|location=[[Santiago de los Caballeros|Santiago]]|language=es|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130905/http://noticias.lainformacion.com/policia-y-justicia/criminalidad/linchamientos-en-el-norte-de-republica-dominicana-alarman-a-las-autoridades_gWNCA7FNHWgPguFOVzpOK4/|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>