CANADA, LIKE BRITAIN, IS CAVING TO LEGAL MADNESS – AT 8:12 A.M. ET:  It is hard to believe some of the court decisions that are coming out of Britain and Canada these days.  We ask:  Are we next?  From NRO:

Putting a Calgary mom who strangled her promiscuous 14-year-old daughter in jail would smack of vengeance, a judge said Thursday, in handing her probation instead.

Justice Sal LoVecchio placed Aset Magomadova on probation for three years ruling the time behind bars sought by the prosecution wasn’t needed.

“The Crown says due to the nature of the act, namely a ligature strangulation and the necessity to address deterrence and denunciation a period of incarceration is necessary to preserve respect for the law,” LoVecchio noted.

“I do not agree,” the Court of Queen’s Bench judge said.

“Deterrence and denunciation may also be addressed without a period of incarceration,” LoVecchio said, in agreeing with defence lawyer Alain Hepner prison wasn’t warranted.

LoVecchio noted Magomadova has complied with strict bail conditions and has shown a willingness to participate in programs which will assist her.

“At this point, putting her in jail would speak more to vengeance than anything else,” he said. . . .

COMMENT:  There are, to some degree, cycles in history.  I often get the feeling that we're reverting back to the irrationality of the late sixties, with political correctness and false concepts of "compassion" overwhelming law and common sense.

The woman murdered her daughter.  She didn't do so because the daughter was suffering from some horrible, painful illness.  She did so because her daughter was "promiscuous."  There is no religious motive reported in the story, but the woman is a Chechen immigrant.  I'd want to explore that if I were the reporter covering the proceedings. 

I'm sure the judge feels very good about himself, and believes that he's "made a difference."

July 17, 2010