Arthur Greene
Owesifazane waseMelika owagwetshwa udilikajele eneminyaka engu-17 ngokubulala owayemhlukumeza uthole ushwele kuMbusi wase-California.
Ngesikhathi uSara Kruzan eneminyaka engu-16 nje kuphela wakwazi ukubamba isibhamu wadubula owesilisa owayemnukubeza ngokocansi aphinde amshushumbise ukuze adlwengulwe abanye besilisa eneminyaka engu-11 ubudala.
Icala likaKruzan lidonse amehlo amaningi emazweni. IJaji lakhipha umnyalelo wokuthi uKruzan aquliswe icala njengomuntu omdala futhi lavimbela umshushisi ukuba ethule ubufakazi bokuhlukumeza kukaGeorge Howard.
Abaningi babengamboni njengesisulu esahlukunyezwa, kodwa babembona njengesisuli esilahlwe umthetho waseMelika.
OwayenguMbusi wase-California u-Arnold Schwarzenegger ubezoqhubeka nokuguqula isigwebo sakhe sibe iminyaka engu-25, kanti uKruzan wayezochitha iminyaka engu-18 esejele.
Wakhululwa ngonyaka ka-2013 futhi waba umkhankasi ezweni lonke wokuguqula indlela uhlelo lwezobulungiswa lwaseMelika olusingatha ngayo amacala ezingane.
Ngaphandle kwalokhu u-Kruzan uthole ushwele kuMbusi ophethe wase-California uGavin Newsom ngoLwesihlanu olwedlule cishe iminyaka eyishumi ngemuva kokukhululwa kwakhe.
Ephendula lezi zindaba u-Kruzan utshele i-Los Angeles Times ukuthi unomuzwa wokuthi ushwele ukhulule lamaketangu abemusinda abengawanakile.”
Encwadini yakhe kashwele uNewsom uthe “uKruzan unikeze ubufakazi bokuthi uphila impilo eqotho futhi ukhombisile ukuthi ukulungele ukubuyiselwa amalungelo nezibopho zomphakathi.”
Kodwa-ke incwadi kaNewsom iphinde yathi “Lesi senzo sobubele sikaNks Kruzan asikunciphisi noma akuthetheleli ukuziphatha kwakhe noma ukulimala akudalile. Uyawubona umsebenzi awenzile ekuguquleni impilo yakhe.”
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi ukuthola ushwele akuhoxisi isigwebo. Okwamanje irekhodi lobugebengu likaKruzan lisenecala lokubulala. Ithimba lakhe labammeli licele ihhovisi lommeli wesifunda ukuthi libuyekeze udaba lwakhe ngenhloso yokuhoxisa isigwebo sakhe.