Ethiopian child brides, the Dutch doing soft drugs, French women and prostitution. These situations were all brought up by Shlomo Mula, an Israeli MP. He has an interesting viewpoint on criminal sentencing.
Mula is an MP in the Kadima party of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. He supports legislation recommending that judges take cultural traits into account during sentencing. The daily newspaper Yediot Aharonot reported on the story earlier this month.
The newspaper quoted Mula as saying criminals may have been influenced by their culture.
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Mula gave his native Ethiopia as an example. He said it is acceptable for an adult man there to marry a child. That would be illegal in Israel.
He said that judges should give lighter sentences for citizens of Dutch origin who take soft drugs. He said the same about women of French background who turn to prostitution.
The bill is set to receive a preliminary reading in the coming weeks.(STAFF WRITER, WITH AFP)
以色列國會議員什洛莫．姆拉提及衣索比亞的未成年新娘、荷蘭人吸食軟性毒品，和法國女子從事性交易等情況，並對犯罪科刑有一套有趣的見解。
姆拉是以色列總理埃胡德．歐莫特所屬前進黨的國會議員。據以色列《Yediot Aharonot》日報本月稍早的一篇報導指出，他支持立法建議法官在判決時，能將文化特質納入考量。
報導中引述姆拉的話說，罪犯行為可能是受到本身文化的影響。
姆拉以他的出生地衣索比亞為例，他說在那裡成年男子娶未成年少女是合法的，但在以色列卻是違法的行為。
他認為，法官在審判使用軟性毒品的荷蘭裔公民時，應該從輕量刑。他還說，在處理法裔女子賣淫案時，也應採取同樣標準。
這個法案將在未來幾週內送議會初審。
（法新社�翻譯：袁星塵）
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