US court sentences Modou Ngom to 22 years and six months
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Senego
Modou Ngom has been sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison after a car accident that killed three people. In his analysis, Serigne Saliou Sow believes the defendant's lack of visible emotion influenced the American judicial assessment, Senego reports.
Modou Ngom has been sentenced to 22 years and six months in prison in the United States after a car accident that caused the deaths of three people, Senego reports. The judge also referred to the defendant's lack of visible emotion, as he offered no apology and shed no tears.
For Senego, the decision reflects two conceptions of regret. The American justice system appears to associate the visible expression of pain with acknowledgement of wrongdoing, while Modou Ngom's restraint can be interpreted, in the Muslim tradition, as acceptance of fate and respect for the pain of bereaved families. The media outlet compares this attitude with stoicism, which values emotional self-control rather than its display.
