A US court has sentenced a man to 10 years in jail
for genital mutilation of his two-year-old daughter,
in what is said to be first such case in the US.
If a death sentence is to be carried out, 'beyond reasonable doubt' is not an adequate measure. This guy won't have fun in jail- that's good enough for me.
What?? This "traditional" act of female genital multilation has been going on for many generations. Witness Somalia and it's most famous daughter Iman.
Slowly, it is fading out of practice. Finally, western nations are sending those who wish to carry on traditions native to their homelands or religious beliefs which serve to maim and injure inncocents, to jail and are punishing them for it. No, I think society is actually improving in this respect.
booted said:
I hope he gets lots of fun times in jail.
I'm sure they will take good care of him.
It is slowly fading out of practise off our shores as well. It's been going on in North America for years though. The only thing new here is that someone is being charged...finally.
It is slowly fading out of practise off our shores as well. It's been going on in North America for years though. The only thing new here is that someone is being charged...finally.
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