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Post by DADDY O on Jan 14, 2017 11:59:07 GMT
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Post by sherri on Jan 14, 2017 13:48:27 GMT
I am glad the baby survived and by the sounds of it, was well looked after.
This young woman will be very close to the person she has known as her mother.
It's sad but she has no connection at all to her biological parents.
I'm not saying she shouldn't meet them, she should.
But she should also have access to her adoptive mother.
I'm not sure about jail. It depends on how the child was treated and what drove the woman to do what she did.
I am not sure if jailing the woman is going to achieve anything, not if she looked after the child well and has done nothing else wrong in the last 18 years.
Not saying to let it go unpunished but this may be a case where some other type of penalty is more appropriate.
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Post by DADDY O on Jan 14, 2017 14:34:34 GMT
I am glad the baby survived and by the sounds of it, was well looked after. This young woman will be very close to the person she has known as her mother. It's sad but she has no connection at all to her biological parents. I'm not saying she shouldn't meet them, she should. But she should also have access to her adoptive mother. I'm not sure about jail. It depends on how the child was treated and what drove the woman to do what she did. I am not sure if jailing the woman is going to achieve anything, not if she looked after the child well and has done nothing else wrong in the last 18 years. Not saying to let it go unpunished but this may be a case where some other type of penalty is more appropriate.
Seriously? Let me know when the next time your son or daughter have a baby.......I'll hire someone to steal them. Then what would you think? Ohhhh.....the baby was well taken care of, thus no foul, no penalty.
Come on Sherri..............Put yourself in the position of the biological mother. If it were me, I'd be hiring a hit man.
She deserves at a minimum 18 yeas in jail along with anyone else who helped her.
You "Down Under" folk need to get past the "Catch and Release" program of criminal justice. 
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Post by sherri on Jan 14, 2017 22:43:28 GMT
Yes, I would be furious.
The harm is done though.
I am not sure about the woman's state of mind.
Or how likely she is to re-offend.
I am not for a second suggesting she is let off free. Just that maybe full time jail isn't the perfect punishment for every crime.
And yes, we do have a bit of a catch and release policy here in this country but I don't even know if the catch and keep policy here is working, as young criminals are allowed to run riot in detention (and they do) and destroy everything in reach and must not be stopped or touched in any way. Part of the reason here that crims get off lightly is because prisons are overcrowded.
I'm thinking maybe we need to be more inventive in how we sentence. Perhaps we could have part time prison for some non violent crimes, combined with something else.
I don't really know enough about this particular woman & what she has been like over the last 18 years to properly judge.
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Post by DADDY O on Jan 17, 2017 10:40:19 GMT
Yes, I would be furious. The harm is done though. I am not sure about the woman's state of mind. Or how likely she is to re-offend. Sherri........get past the " Prisons are for Rehabilitation" thinking and simply acknowledge they are really for " Punishment for the Crime". The woman stole someone else's baby for 18 years, thus society (IMHO) should steal her life for at least the same amount of time. This is not a victimless crime. What's the old saying.................Oh yes, " If you can't do the time, don't do the crime". Words to live by. |
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