HANOI - TWO Vietnamese police officers have been jailed for helping a woman on death row become pregnant so she would not have to face the firing squad, a court official said yesterday.
The Hoa Binh City Court found them guilty of abusing their power by letting her have sex with an inmate to exploit a law that says pregnant women and mothers of children under three years old cannot be put to death.
Nguyen Thuyen, 31, was sentenced to five years in jail, while Bui Van Quyet, 23, was sentenced to 3-1/2 years.
'It was the most unusual case I have ever seen,' court official Hoang Thuy Linh said of Wednesday's sentencing. 'Many people came to the trial out of curiosity.'
Nguyen Thi Oanh, 40, was sentenced to death in 2005 for drug trafficking. The sentence was reduced to life in prison after she became pregnant last year. The death sentence will not be reapplied when her son turns three.
The policemen confessed to accepting a bribe of 1.5 million dong (S$135) from her family.
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MyPillowTalks
They believe that death sentence against human rights
nvm lar, they will be rewarded for saving a life
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Originally posted by MyPillowTalks:
They believe that death sentence against human rights
nvm lar, they will be rewarded for saving a life
and helping to +1 life on earth w/o themselves having sex..
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Plastic Bag
At first I tot the policemen did it themselves. Wasted.
MingFreeman
Probably the woman gave them a couple of bj sessions.