SALDANHA BAY, South Africa - A South African court on Thursday sentenced a woman to life in prison for kidnapping and selling her six-year-old daughter, in a case that horrified the country.
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  • Gork@lemm.eeEnglish
    1 year

    The judge added her name to the child protection register. Isn’t that a bit superfluous if she’s going to be in prison for the rest of her life?

    Then again lots of sentences don’t make sense.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1 year

      I guess it’s in case the sentence gets shortened or she gets parole. “Life” doesn’t always turn out to be life

    • RouxBru@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1 year

      Unfortunately “life” doesn’t mean “untill death” in SA