In today’s trial, refugee Deng Majek, charged with premeditated murder, was sentenced to at least 29 years in prison for killing hotel employee Rhiannon Whyte.
Deng Majek fled Sudan by boat. Border police apprehended him and provided him with an exceptionally comfortable environment, arranging for him to stay in a five-star hotel and providing him with a fixed monthly allowance. Despite public protests, thousands of migrants lived in five-star hotels, far better than the people who paid for them. This man, forgetting his origins, murdered an innocent woman named Rhiannon Whyte. Then he returned to his hotel room.
Actually, a 29-year life sentence is too lenient. Majek, who is 27 today, will be 56 when he gets out of prison. This means he will be old enough to commit another crime. Such refugees should actually receive two 29-year sentences, meaning they should spend their entire lives in prison and die there. These kinds of murderers should never be allowed back into society. Justice is necessary for everyone, but a new justice system must be created for those who flee hunger and poverty, are accommodated in five-star hotels, and then commit crimes.
Even the prison conditions are far better than in Sudan, where he came from. At least he won’t starve; he’ll have a place to stay. Even that is a reward for him.