The teenager's punishment was, according to Saudi newspaper Al-Watan, harsher than that given to some robbers and looters. She is to be flogged in front of her classmates.
She was reportedly hiding a cell phone in class, breaking strict Saudi regulations banning their use in girls' schools.
Saudi Arabia is the world's leading country in the use of torture-by-flogging, and religious police keep a close watch over public behavior.
This is the same oil-rich country that has donated nothing to Haiti, as most of the developed world steps up with donations.
