Many people will remember an event that made headlines late last year. On December 31 a twenty-one year old drug addict committed an armed robbery of two liquor stores in a thirty-five minute period. Fleeing arrest he led police on a high speed chase through the suburbs - and this ended when he crashed into a family car, killing a nineteen month old girl riding in her safety capsule in the back seat.
Enraged citizens put pressure on politicians and this resulted in a law change.
This week - back in the real world - this child killer was sent to prison for two years and three months, not for the killing but purely as a result of charges relating to robbing two liquor stores. No charges have been laid as a result of the child's death.
Justice delayed is justice denied. Being addicted to drugs is not an excuse for robbing a child of her life.
There is every chance that because of the vagaries of the law - and the strange thinking of those whose job it is to prosecute offenders - that these charges may never eventuate.
The parents of that child must wonder what value the law puts on their daughter's life !
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