Bill Cosby had a skit in his old stand-up act where he threatens his misbehaving children with death. He states that he could kill them and “make another one that looks exactly the same” and no one would care.
Little did he know that he was actually seeing into the future.
A Calgary mother won’t spend a day in jail for killing her teenage daughter with a head scarf — a decision that has prompted outrage.
A national victims’ group, based in Toronto, is stunned by the suspended sentence given to Aset Magomadova by Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Sal LoVecchio on Thursday.
“I really strongly disagree. It sends a massively huge message to the rest of the country and the world that her daughter’s life was valueless,†said Joe Wamback, co-founder and chairman of the Canadian Crime Victims Foundation.
“Even though this girl may have been a handful and trouble, that’s not the issue. The issue is human life. Sentencing is not just about the criminal, but has to speak for the victim and to denunciation.â€
So there you go!
I can see the advertisements already: “Are you a bad parent? Do your kids drive you insane? Well, come to Canada, where you can kill them with no repercussions!”
Only if you are of the favored religious persuasion. And I ain’t referring to Christianity.