Baby shoplifting
You learn something new every day when you read a newspaper.For instance, did you know that if you steal a car, you go to prison? But if you steal a baby in Samoa, then sell it to a desperate couple in the United States under false pretenses, you walk? You can even go back into baby trafficking when your probation is up.
With a wave of the the justice wand, the adoption agency of Scott and Karen Banks, right, went from an "insidious criminal enterprise" to a few misdemeanors. The prosecutors call their plea deal "a creative, forward-looking approach" to the crime.
But one U.S. mother, who discovered her baby was not an orphan as the Banks had told her, sees the plea agreement differently:
We would have wished the defendants would have received jail time for their actions, and the plea does not address the adoptions and permanency of the adoptions in the U.S. — now or in the future. No plea bargain can compensate for the anguish and cost — both emotionally and financially — to the real victims in this case: our children.
1 Comments:
Pretty misinformed. Why do you assume they're guilty before proven such? Maybe because it's an easy way to gloss over a complex set of issues you know little about. Or maybe because you hope to make yourself feel morally superior by contrast. Or maybe because sensational reporting and commentary sells copy. Pick any of the above or some combination thereof.
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