Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Killing your child gets you a life sentence in Italy. But not if the child is adopted

Killing your child gets you a life sentence in Italy. But not if the child is adopted

MILAN — Four years ago, a father in the small northeastern Italian town of Remanzacco murdered his teenage son. The crime earned him a life sentence, a rarity in Italy and many other European countries. But last week the country’s highest court ruled that the murderer should have a reduced sentence — because his son was adopted. […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/10/10/killing-your-child-gets-you-a-life-sentence-in-italy-but-not-if-the-child-is-adopted/

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