An Eye For An Eye
I don’t believe that somebody who willfully deprived another person of his life, deserves to live. I’m not talking about killing somebody in self defense. Providing that minimum force is applied, anybody should have the right to protect his own life and property as well as that of another person or persons.
If anybody is killed while in the process of committing a crime (say a robbery or a burglary), all those participating in the crime, even the planners of the crime sitting at home, should be tried for murder. They should have foreseen that something of that nature could have happened.
And if a person caused the death of somebody else due to negligence or recklessness, he should be severely punished. If somebody failed to do something when he could have prevented the death of another person without endangering his own or other lives, he should be held accountable.
Attempted murder should carry the same punishment as murder. Doing a bad job is no reason for mitigation. It is the intent that matters, not the outcome. If he intended to kill somebody, he should be punished to the same extend had he succeeded. What is to stop him or her from trying again?
Neither can politics or passion be offered as mitigation. You don’t kill somebody if you don’t agree with his political views. Inexcusable to say the least!
And love does not inspire murder. That is vengeance, caused by obsession, possessiveness, jealousy, or something else in that line. If the intent was to kill, it is murder.
Have a wonderful day, will ya!
Comments (25)
Yes, everybody deserves the right to defend himself and what he holds dear.
Just imagine all the job opportunities for the innocent and willing
Now you're talking. I did not even consider that angle.
I'd like to see it as mandatory for habitual criminals.
To follow through, someone has to kill the killer, therefore are you going to kill the killer who killed the killer also etc......
Universal law states that no person has the right to kill or hold someone against their will... This kind of leaves one with a dilemma, what do we do with criminals if you can't kill or imprison them.....
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In South Africa there is little or no emphasis on rehabilitation. The jails are overcrowded. Criminals with long sentences are released to make place for new convicts. Those released are back in within a few months, if not weeks.
Right, nobody has the right to kill but there are different kinds of killings. Not all are deemed as murder. In war, you kill or be killed. In a way it is self defense even though your country may be the aggressor. Manslaughter is not murder and a sanctioned killing like an execution is not murder.
Criminals have to be removed from the streets to prevent them from doing more wrongs; be that for rehabilitation, punishment or execution. The criminal has forfeited his rights to freedom. He had a choice in the matter while the victim had none.
Then we have the criminals who kill people in US states that have no death penalty! Case in point Wisconsin. The state I live in! In Madison, WIS. about 2 yrs ago, a deputy sheriff shot his wife and her sister to death! He pleaded mental defect and went to prison for about a year. Had a new trial because he had a physical problem. He was released from prison and is now free! Where is the justice? He took 2 lives and isn't paying for it!
It seems that all of these killers plead mental defect and get off or have there sentences reduced!
Where is the justice?
My brother was murdered by his wife. Shot while he was sleeping. She pleaded temporary insanity due to a prescribed drug. She spent a half a night (when it happened) in prison. She married a toyboy a few months later and squandered my brother's money on him.
Now you tell me where is the justice.
It was then proven he was innocent of the crime.
At times the police want to convict someone to further their career.
Not really caring if they have the right person.
They just need a body..............
Last year roughly 49 people were murdered in SA each day. That is about 33 per 100,000. It rate among the worse. And it escalates each year.
Hanged by the b@lls is too good for 'em, Cat!
@Molly - Cat mentioned a murder rate of forty-nine PER DAY!!
BTW - I've seen it claimed here that South African have a better chance of being murdered than dying of natural causes.
True?
23 hours locked up one hour out.
I am grateful for DNA as more than one prisoner has been proven innocent.
There is one sheriff in the US who has all the prisoners living in tents, they have to work and this is what is needed.
Work and education.
Prisons today are a revolving door..........
That is 49 murders per day. It may seem exaggerated but according to Interpol it is deflated. They did an audit on our hospital records and say the figure should be as much as 50% higher.
And the worst of it is that a very large proportion of them is never solved. Our police force is ineffective. All the experienced cops were put on early retirement to make place for affirmative action.
Here the sit and watch TV all day. Or play pool. Some even have their cell phones in the cells.
That's terrible about your brother. As for the statistics, a guy here was murdered when he went to a house party to ask them (politely) to keep the noise down. He was knifed by one of the merry party-goers who didn't like being told what to do. Point is - we're all still talking about it. Six or seven years ago, the only murder we've had here in my small town for a decade or more.
That wasn't what your blog was about. Perfect world? Put a microchip in someone's brain which will explode if they try to do it again. Trouble is, way too SF to actually do, but it would be an elegant solution and put their own survival in their own hands.
I do disagree with one thing, a spontaneous love-turned-hate lashing-out is not the same as premeditated murder. People serve life-sentences for losing their tempers once, while career criminals work the system and get out after minimum sentences.
No, nothing can bring the person back but it will prevent the same person from killing another.
SA people talk about living in compounds and having barbed wire and guard dogs around their houses.
Wow, that is no way to live.
Some people here still leave keys on the front doors
Indeed. But it used to be a safe place. I grew up going to bed without locking doors.