The verse about the 4 witnesses is mentioned in the article:
Allah says: “And those who launch a charge against chaste women, and produce not four witnesses (to support their allegations), flog them with eighty stripes; and reject their evidence ever after: for such men are wicked transgressors.” [Sûrah al-Nûr: 4]
And the amazing part is that according to Islamic law, only the adulterer who is married should get the punishment. Therefore - what happened to them youth, if they weren't ever married before - then the ruling would be more relaxed. And Allaah knows best.
Also, brother Ansar (who writ that article) said the following:
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Originally Posted by Ansar Al-'Adl I know that for the person who confesses they are not put in a pit and are allowed to retract their confession at any time and escape the punishment. But not someone who is actually convicted by four witnesses in public, and we have never had such a case in all of islamic history.
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http://www.islamicboard.com/592099-post28.html (Stoning)