I think the story is put/understood wrong and later clarified by the poster (genisis), there were no 4 witnesses to this case.
And again let me reiterate ... that this is not a joke as someone might consider or a fun to accuse a chaste woman in this case or any other case for that matter.
"The bigger sin is to accuse the chaste women without evidence and that have the greatest punishment starting with 80lashes in this world + no more testimony to be accepted from this person and he offers a sincere remorse and if his apology of this great sin is not accepted by Allah subhan wo tala, he will be punished much severely in the hell"
@ Nic, the religion which we follow (Islam) is complete code of life and is not and cannot be outdated at anytime as this is ordained by the creator Who owns the beginning and the end.....and Who is very much aware of everything happened and will happen.
One has to be in spirit of understanding and then one has to understand thoroughly and then act to the best to his/her ability...