‘Cos’ for concern
By RENE ESCOBAR
The sentencing of Bill Cosby was three to 10 years incarceration in a state prison.
That’s a slap on the wrist and a slap to the face of equal rights groups. The people of those groups should be outraged.
Cosby was found guilty of sexual assault in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, by Judge Steven O’Neill. Though the judge said it was a “serious crime,” Cosby could be released after three years.
That is not enough for drugging and raping a woman. That is a federal crime, where the minimum should be a 15-year sentence. A first-degree offense should be a possible 25-year to life sentence.
The aftermath of the Cosby sentencing will be a loss in the fight for equality. Rape should be looked at as a high-class federal offense such as kidnapping and murder. Three years as th...