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The fact is...
24/07/2007 09:31
The fact is that as much as we can theorise, debate, pontificate and lay blame, the issue is that, by the numbers there is something seriously wrong with our society. The polls can continue but the general consensus is that people must be accountable with their lives for the lives of others. The government should do something for the common man, at the moment they are doing more for the criminal than the law abiding citizen. People should really question what this "freedom" is that they have got. - Nick |
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Death Penalty a must
24/07/2007 09:34
how difficult is it to decide - if you kill someone - you are killed, if you rape someone you are killed.... case closed - Pro Death |
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Totally agree
24/07/2007 09:35
You are spot on. The big challenge is if Gov will push with action (not talk)for a more efficient law system where criminals know that the changes of being caught and sentenced are very good. I, however dont see the current Gov ever getting crime sorted. - Palooka |
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Death Penalty
24/07/2007 09:35
The death penalty will not fix all our problems, BUT it will surely bring violent crime down, especially if a few child rapists/murderers are hanged in public at, for instance, Cape Town square. But we all know the death penalty will never come back so welcome to jungle justice! Kill em quick my beloved! - Louis |
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Death Penalty
24/07/2007 09:36
I hear what the writer is saying, but when proven guilty of murder, rape, surely these people must be removed from society, as they are animals not humans. By going to jail we the tax payer has to foot the bill for their freebee life style. Maybe we should look at the Arab countries, chop the hand off that robs and steals. Rapist should be given to the women of this country we will deal with them. - anno |
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Point Taken
24/07/2007 09:36
Actually a good point there, sometimes you just dont stop to think, amid the total chaos in this country. - ITZ |
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Death penalty
24/07/2007 09:39
Most people don't realise that the act of execution is not the punishment component of the death penalty. If that was so, execution would have been like they do in Iraq, sawing off your neck with a blunt Okapi knife. Instead, a substantial amount of research and elaborate systems aims to make the act as humane as possible. The act is aimed at the permanent removal of an individual from society, of which it was proven that rehabilitation would not be possible. - Hangman |
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Death penalty
24/07/2007 09:42
A life sentence places the burden of the upkeep of the individual on society. The criminal is removed from society because he broke the rules of society. Going to prison removes your civil rights (should include the right to vote too!) Why should society afford priviledges on the individuals that act against it?
Hang them high! - Hangman |
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Bring back the death penalty
24/07/2007 09:50
I Vote for the death penalty to be brought back! and i agree the will be no room for error. All those *&@#ers that rape 9 month old babies or any women or child for that matter must die and burn in hell, Bring back the death penalty im sure after they make one example those losers will think twice before raping and murdering again - spazman |
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RE: At Last
24/07/2007 09:55
AT last, a sensible well thought out voice amongst those who seem to think that all crime will be solved once the death penalty is brought back. Besides the fact, that in so many countries, it has proven that the death penalty is not quite the deterrent the average "hang them high" idiots seem to believe. - Lejane |
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Death penalty
24/07/2007 09:57
Hang em high !!! - IceCreamMAn |
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Proof
24/07/2007 10:03
The proof that the goverment policies do not work is the fact that innocent victims are raped, robbed and killed everyday. Alife is taken, families are left in devestation and as for the criminal he gets a free vacation to steel city with free bed and breakfast an even a education only to return and murder another innocent victim. The person dead is gone and the murderer is left to enjoy life. Rights? They lost those rights when they viciously and babarian like, killed an innocent person. - Ddb |
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No Death Penalty
24/07/2007 10:04
People can call for the death penalty to be reintroduced as much as they like, but face it - it will never happen. And that is a good thing. I don't want to live in a country where we kill people out of revenge. How does killing someone make up for what he has done? How does that make us better than him? Besides - if someone is dead - how can he be sorry for what he has done. - LDJ |
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Death Penalty
24/07/2007 10:10
The higher burden of proof for the death penalty is not a reason not to have the death penalty as an OPTION. The death sentence is not MANDATORY. The prosecutor will still have the option of seeking a sentence of incarceration where they feel there is insufficient evidence for the death penalty. Also, dear author, how on earth do you know what "proponents of the death penalty are failing to take into consideration"? Are you only in favour of democracy when it gives a result that you like? - wolf |
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Arrest, prosecute them and find them guilty and we will talk of the DP
24/07/2007 10:11
Well put Anya. The death penalty can only work if the police, the prosecution and the judiciary do their jobs. Cops are bribed daily and end up releasing dangerous suspects. Imagine the pressure for bigger bribes if criminals face the death penalty. Even worse is the fact that less than 50% of all crimes committed lead into prosecution. Finally, consider that a criminal will eliminate witnesses in order to preserve their life, something Louis does not seem to understand. Well said, Anya. - Len van Heerden |
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Laugh now .... Cry later
24/07/2007 10:13
I guess its easy for me to talk right now, i've never been put in the situation that i have calledfor the death penalty. as of yet i have never lost a loved one to violent crime so may be i just don't understand the pain, having said that i think the death penalty is a no no, 3 yrs down the line you find out the poor guy was innocent after all, besides u can pay magistrates, prosecutors & police, to loose pieces of vital evidence. crooks don't think they will be caught. Laugh now Cry later. - skarr.. |
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Lejane
24/07/2007 10:16
The day you are raped , violently sodomised ,or your daughter forcefully penetrated seriously damaging her womb and other organs,beaten black and blue beyond recognition,will you still call us `hang em high`idiots. - jp |
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Death penalty
24/07/2007 10:18
Fact is the ANC will never bring back the death penalty-why?If you look in the past and now about
80%of death penalty crimes where done by non whites so the votes for the anc will drop so bad
that in 10 years time they won`t be able to rule anymore!Please note i`m not a racist i`m just looking at facts hope you all see my piont!Renier - Renier |
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DP
24/07/2007 10:18
Texas has the most active galores in the USA and yet they execute people every year. Each year, someone does murder someone and each year when caught are sentenced to death. This is public knowledge known by all, yet the deaths still continue at a much faster pace than states where there is no death penalty. So, it is untrue to claim it is a deterrent. Good policing and catching of criminals is a better deterrent. What is the use of having DP when the police are incompetent and useless? - LvH |
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Wishful thinking
24/07/2007 10:19
Why on earth do you think the government will hang the people who voted them into power? How naive!! I think a criminal record is a fantastic plus on your CV in SA - PingPong |
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Vampires
24/07/2007 10:21
My best friend was murdered in Cape Town in February. Fortunately, his murder has not created a blood thirsty vampire in me. I believe the stakes will ven be much higher with the death penalty. The sad thing though is that people believe that their safety is an issue of national policy instead of community awareness. Consider many of the child victims raped and killed were murdered by someone known to their family. How do national policies intervene in that case? Think, Ddb, do the maths. - Len |
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Death penalty
24/07/2007 10:22
Death penalty, again the debate rages about the criminal?s so-called rights and not about the murdered victims right to live. And the so-called proof of other countries. Bukwash. There is no such proof. State facts and not wild claims. I want the right to live.
If a person knows that by killing someone else, such person will hang and still proceed to do such, what is the issue? It?s all about choice and then taking responsibility for such. I am pro execution. I ALSO WANT THE RIGHT TO LIVE - Pietr |
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Death Penalty
24/07/2007 10:25
Whilst it we can argue about the pro's & cons of the death penalty,it will not change our condition we find ourselves in today.Lets take a look at those societies that abolished it,most of them if not all,are all corrupt with no morals.Compare them with the Islamic countries which we know are way behind their western counterparts.Saudi Arabia has most probably a crime rate of under 1%, whilst others also have a rate of under 3%.If 85% of people want it back then there should really be a debate. - Sham |
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All For It
24/07/2007 10:27
Bring it back, it may not bring the person they murdered back or help the person they raped but it will sure as hell save another victim from the same fate!!!! - Supporter |
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Come on bring on the Death Penalty for petes sake
24/07/2007 10:29
This country is out of control with animals roaming the streets. The faster we enforce the law and create consequence for negative actions the faster we reduce crime. Believe me criminals will think twice if they can be possibly hanged. Its the only option for our situation. Bring it on. - John |
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Death Penalty
24/07/2007 10:32
I really dont see the point of bringing back the death penalty.
Firstly, the death penalty has been shown to have no effect on violent crime in other parts of the world.
Secondly, published crime stats show only 5% of criminals are ever prosecuted. If 95% of criminals are getting away with it anyway where is the deterrant in the death penalty?
We need more crime people catching criminals. The problem doesnt lie on the prosecution side of things. - Johno |
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Wake up LvH
24/07/2007 10:32
Wake up LvH this is not America... - Nick |
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No race attached
24/07/2007 10:33
I differ with you Renier. The ANC is not voted to power by only non-whites as you insinuate. It has a membership of also Whites. Your input suggests that the ANC is in power because of the non-white criminals whom the ANC owes for protection once convicted. You have totally missed the point. After all, all of us are victims of crime. Plse do not attach race to this scourge. RM - RM |
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Jp you ignorance
24/07/2007 10:36
Jp Read the article!! If this does happen to someone's daughter we still have to rely on an inept police force to catch them. We still have to rely on a justice system to convict!! People arent scared of the penalty people arent scared of getting caught!!!! - James Ellis |
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death penalty
24/07/2007 10:38
The crime in our country is out of hand and the only way I can see it improving is by making the consequences of breaking the law harsher - we need the death penalty and a honest law and justice system for our country to improve! - Cathy |
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Death Penalty----NO!!!
24/07/2007 10:39
How can you people call for the Death penalty?
We have a bunch of palookas running this judicial system. Do you want innocent people to be on death row. Come on wake up and smell the ignorance around you all, I cannot believe all the people wanting the death penalty. Educate these palookas first and then if that works implement laws that will work. Lets face it, you dont want to be on death row for shooting a burglar in your bedroom. - Navs |
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Death Penalty
24/07/2007 10:41
Well made point, Anya, but have you asked yourself if you would feel the same when your loved one/s get slain by a ruthless criminal?Even in a 1st world society you face maniacs/psycopaths/etc who murder.These people should get a fair trial and a fair sentence, but where do you draw the line?Fact is:The death penalty PERMANENTLY remove from society, those who take another innocent baby's life. - Dead man walking... |
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DP is great
24/07/2007 10:41
The point is that the public (or the tax-paying public, which is only about 30% of the country) is paying for a life sentence prisoner to have free board and lodging, as well as education and all legal and voting rights. Rather hang the pigs who rape and kill. Beyond reasonable doubt is the crucial measure, and if insufficient evidence exists or is presented, then how can an innocent person be hanged? - Hangman2 |
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Not enough rope, use Telkom cables instead.
24/07/2007 10:42
Nah, lets not kill them. Let's rather return the favour by instilling the fear of God in them. Put them in a cage with a hungry lion, and let the fun unfold. I can assure you. Knowing you will die and might die make a huge difference. Let the hungry lion maul the criminal and only once the victim of the crime is happy with the results should the criminal be removed from the cage. Isn't this how victims of crime feel? It's time we return the favour... Killing is too "kind". - MP3 |
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Death Penalty
24/07/2007 10:43
I agree with the writer about no room for error.. But if a suspect is proven guilty without ANY doubt, why not remove them from society permanently? Criminals will know what the consequences of their actions are ? it will be their choice to kill in cold blood. Does "freedom" mean free of respect for life, responsibility and accountability? Since all of us aren't barbaric, I agree with humane execution - which is more than their victims can say. - Micki |
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Reality Check
24/07/2007 10:43
I agree with Anya [to a certain extent] about the coperative efforts to eradicate crime and avoid the death penalty. However the writer is talking about something that will never materialize. The reality is the punishment doesnt fit the crime in this country. Actually the victims suffer more and longer without support. Criminals will think twice about committing crime if they know the punishment is harsh,severe and life threatening and the death penalty & hard labor should be included. - Maverick |
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Bring it back!
24/07/2007 10:44
"I don't want to live in a country where we kill people out of revenge." - you miss the point entirely. The death sentence is not revenge, it is a means of removing an individual from society, of which it was proven that rehabilitation would not be possible. By sentencing said individual to life imprisonment, all your are doing is making the society that he preyed on responsible for his upkeep - 3 meals a day, medical assistance, DSTV, you name it. I say bring back the death penalty. - Jim |
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Return favour
24/07/2007 10:44
Nah lets not kill them. Let's rather return the favour by instilling the fear of God in them. Put them in a cage with a hungry lion, and let the fun unfold. I can assure you. Knowing you will die and might die make a huge difference. Let the hungry lion maul the criminal and only once the victim of the crime is happy with the results should the criminal be removed from the cage. Isn't this how victims of crime feel? It's time we return the favour... Killing is too "kind". - MP3 |
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Freakonomics
24/07/2007 10:46
Read Steven Levitt's Freakonomics. US states with death penalty execute only a tiny percentage of those sentenced to death. In fact violent murderers are more likely to survive on death row than if they were released onto the streets!
Let's talk about fixing the criminal justice system first. - PL |
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Death...........What?
24/07/2007 10:47
Tell me all you wise one's...........In the heat of the crime is the criminal thinking of the punishment? I say spend more on traing/empowering/recruiting our police force. - Greg |
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I disagree.
24/07/2007 10:47
You should not attack the 'death penalty' as a sentence. A rapist or murderer MUST get the death penalty. It is STILL a much more lenient punishment than they gave theire victims. You are attacking our justice system (and rightly so) BUT the death penalty is a suitable punishment in case of 100% guilt. People WANT it back, and they ARE bringing it back themselves by vigilante justice. I fully support vigilanteism as our justice system has collapsed. DEATH is the only punishment for murder or rape - Juan |
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Death penalty
24/07/2007 10:50
True, the law enforcement system is not effective. However, conviction rates and escalation of violent crime is indicative of the fact that stronger, tangible action like the DP is much needed. Those against DP have either not been affected by crime or are naive to the issue. To have an economic and social environment that deters crime will take many years to establish. People are dying today... - HPE |
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death penalty
24/07/2007 10:59
Doesn't anybody feel sorry for the guy/woman that has to do the killing - leslie de pinho |
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10 years
24/07/2007 10:59
This government will NEVER bring back the death penalty, however, it has legalised abortion, which should reduce crime levels in about ten years' time. - I |
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Death penalty and laws
24/07/2007 11:00
It doesnt just help to bring back the death penalty if all the law enforcement agencies have laws which drastically prevent them from fulfilling their mandate as set out in the constitution. Bring back the death penalty, change the laws of the country from protecting the criminal to protecting the law abiding citizens of this country and make sure that all the sick, lame, lazy, corrupt and incompetent people in these agencies are disposed of. - Robert |
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Death penalty.
24/07/2007 11:01
It may or may not deter someone from committing murder.
But it WILL deter him from doing it again. I personally guarantee that. - Jaap Kruger |
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Kill them all
24/07/2007 11:01
This is not a normal country! Everyday I hear of someone brutally killed, this is not a country but meat factory where life is as cheap as government dispensed condom. Islamic law should be introduced for high crime in SA. I was even contacted by an Egyptian citizen who said that they would never visit SA because of the crime - I never said a damn thing about the crime!
Kill them all and let God sort them out - JP |
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death penalty
24/07/2007 11:02
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.This is the way to go .If applied correctly, it will work.RH - RH |
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Bring back the death penalty
24/07/2007 11:06
what will work even better than the death penalty is if citizens get more rights than criminals, if the law came back that you could shoot someone who is unlawfully on your property whitout having to fear prosecution, criminals will think twice before trying to murder, assault or rob us, but unluckely criminals have more rights than law abiding citizens in this country, hell, they can even vote! wonder who they vote for?(probably ANC) - Anton |
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LvH
24/07/2007 11:06
Your logic is seriously flawed. The fact that many murders still occur where the death penalty exists does not prove that the death penalty is not a deterrent. Japan has the death penalty and a very low murder rate. That doesn't prove the death penalty is a deterrent either. Anyway, the deterrent effect is not the only reason for having the death penalty. If the police are corrupt, incompetent and useless then we shouldn't have jail sentences for murder either. - wolf |
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Rights
24/07/2007 11:08
The entire consitution needs a relook, NOONE seems to fear the law (seen daily on our roads). I mean you kill a man in YOUR house and YOU are the one that goes to court? Death penalty yes, but true, the cops can't even solve crimes so noone will ever feel the effects of the death penalty coming back.They need to look at more than changing one aspect of the law. - Daryn Varney |
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It's just revenge
24/07/2007 11:09
As someone whose life has been touched by violent crime - a murdered relative - I say, "Yes, I still call those who advocate the death penalty idiots!" The death penalty is about revenge, not justice, which is why people say, "Just wait until it happens to you." There is plenty of evidence that the death penalty is unnecessary as there are countries that don't have it and don't have the levels of crime we do. It would just be another thing to make it look like something's being done. - C |
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Hmm..no excuses
24/07/2007 11:11
I don't entirely agree with the writer, if we accept that there needs to be a greater burden of proof, we are essentially excusing poor policing and judiciary...The death penalty must go hand in hand with overall harsher sentences for ALL crimes. The judiciary (Police and Courts) MUST rise to the challenge - tough times call for tough measures. Period. - Antman |
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I wish
24/07/2007 11:12
I wish people will stop comparing us with other countries like the Americans and stop using the word "lets educate our selfs??: FREAKS I don't understand how any of you can defend a MURDERER and RAPIST the ONLY way to justify it is to hang them HIGH. As for Greg criminals dont just walk someone and then click lets murder the go some where to murder or rape if they know they can be killed for it they will think twice. ALL of you who are not in favor of the DP catch a wake up! - spazman |
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Death penalty
24/07/2007 11:12
This topic drives home the reasons why we are not ready to bring back the death penalty. The criminal justice system needs to act effectively to ensure high conviction of criminals before we can talk about harsher prison sentences. If I know I have a 1 in 100 chance of actually getting caught if I commit crime and when I do get caught I have a 7% probability of being convicted, how can the death penatly ever deter me from doing the crime? - Justice |
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Death Penalty
24/07/2007 11:13
Anya I do not agree with you one bit. The death penalty is a succesfull deterrent in countries with low level of morality. Killing people for cell phones, as is the norm in SA, shows there is no morality. In second place, if I was innocent of a crime and sentenced for a lenghty period, I would rather be hanged than being gang raped in jail every day for the next 25 years. Using your point of view, maybe we should rather also not send criminals to jail just in case they are innocent! - RJ |
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THE DEATH PENALY IS ALREADY BACK!
24/07/2007 11:14
Goverment are too pathetic to bring back the death penalty. South African People are SICK AND TIRED od rapes and murders, AND the government's inaction on it. THAT IS why we have vigilante justice. I FULLY support stoning and burning of murderers and rapists. I won't even inform the police on vigilante incidents. We, the people are bringing back the death penalty ALREADY and this is NOT NEGOTIABLE. - Juan |
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Death Penalty
24/07/2007 11:20
For all you people above who is against death penalty have definitely not being exposed to the real circumstances and trauma of a wife, girlfriend or daughter being raped.
Hang the murderess and rapist
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The truth
24/07/2007 11:21
I was anti-death penalty as a law student. Then my father was brutally murdered and three years later I still lie awake at night thinking of his terrifying last moments.. I have thought about it and I still want them DEAD, DEAD, DEAD!! They must be dead inside already anyway to be able to do that to a defenceless old man... - May |
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Death Penalty
24/07/2007 11:21
The real death penalty problem is WAR. At least people executed under the DP have had the opportunity to defend themselves in a court of law and have been found guilty of a very serious offence. Compare that to civilian war deaths were people suffer horrendous deaths without the opportunity to prove their innocence. Many of these are innocent women and children who just happened to be in the vicinity of some "enemy combatant" that has been targeted from the air on uncontested "intelligence". - wolf |
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Anya in Wonderland
24/07/2007 11:21
Surely imposing the DP will serve as incentive for police to collect evidence which "will stand up in court" knowing their work will serve a purpose and that the perpetrators will be punished accordingly rather than being granted bail in a few months.
More often than not the barbarians who murder the defenseless elderly and children leave more than enough evidence to arrest and convict them. Nowadays this wins them the luxury of a warm bed and three meals a day which WE have to pay for! - Dawie Moller |
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You Kill a child you kill the nation
24/07/2007 11:24
We can handle anything life in SA deals out to us, the poverty, the crime... But when they rape and kill our children, that's where we have to start taking a stand! Children are the only REAL WEALTH in this world! - May |
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Rotten
24/07/2007 11:25
South Africa is rotten to the core and morally bankrupt. The rot started 40 odd years ago and the death penalty is not going to change that - a huge shift in values of the people is what is needed, but will not happen until it reaches rock bottom, and that is a few years away yet - take note of the total collapse in Zim. - Erix |
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Are you all crazy!!!!
24/07/2007 11:27
If you kill a criminal in your front yard, you are faced with criminal charges, the law could be on your side depending on the amount you wish to pay off everyone involved in prosecuting you.
What death penalty are you all talking about.....trust me it will never work, unless you want the innocent people of this land to be put to death. - Duduzile |
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Death Penalty
24/07/2007 11:28
Unfortunately I don't have time not to read all the comments. There"s just one "GOD" (He will forgive me) AWFUL TRUTH. The death penalty is carried out in our country every day, I believe 50 times over. Some in the most brutal, primitive, crual, mindless ways possible, by people whom I can only call mindless devils. MAY THEY ALL ROT IN HELL! PLEASE BRING BACK THE DEATH PENALTY. THE OLD, YOUNG, PURE AND FAITHFUL AND PEACEFUL ARE DYING...FAR TOO YOUNG. - Alicia |
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Death Penalty
24/07/2007 11:29
The thing is that if we have the death penalty then alot of criminals would think twice before committing any crime. But unfortunately, those at the top sit high in mansions and safe with security without a trouble in the world but we as civilians try our best to keep safe. We can cry for the Death Penalty or even stricter laws as much as we want but who will listen? - Rithin |
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Public beheadings
24/07/2007 11:30
I work in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia from an office that overlooks the public square where murderers and rapists regularly quite literally loose their heads. Its very public, very medieval and very gory. There is little or no crime which would seem to sugget that its very effective. Speaking to the South Africans streaming into the kingdom they speak of leaving SA for one reason - crime. Its clearly destroying the country and we need to do something.... - Neil |
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DeathPenalty
24/07/2007 11:33
If anyone has to ever mess with my daughter, my wife or my family, I solemnly swear I will make it my mission in life to avenge them. And when I do get them, I will make sure they suffer, me thinks a bullet up their holes will satisfy my revenge. I do not care much for police or government to do anything. For one thing the police are cowards, they only arrive once you've been raped or killed. And the government, well they think with their asses, so I don't even want to go ther - Sardonicus |
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Death Sentence is good!
24/07/2007 11:34
But with the way SA people just shoot at each other and kill with hammers and pangas, i think they have full knowledge that they will not suffer for their actions.Death Penalty is a big deterant and will go a long way to prevent people from killing each other.SA Compared with the middle East deaths during the recent Israel-Palestine bombings but there is no war here.Why are people doing that.This government should stop protecting criminals!. - Mark |
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Bring back the death penalty
24/07/2007 11:34
Let?s take a moment to examine the words democracy and freedom. Democracy is a system of government where majority rules. Is SA a democracy when the majority of its people calls for the death penalty and the government simply ignores the call ? The government promised us freedom but are we really free if the only way to stay alive is to lock ourselves behind high walls, electric fences and burglar bars ? Are we really free if we are afraid to eat at a restaurant or stop at a garage for fear that one of these murderers who is let out on probation can attack at any time ? In this country, you aren?t even safe in jail at a police station ! The government keeps talking about human rights, perhaps we should sue the government for denying us our right to democracy and for doing nothing to protect our right to freedom ! - Ready to leave this country |
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Constitution
24/07/2007 11:35
We can all beg for the death penalty to be brought back till we are blue in the face. The fact is for that to happen the constitution must change which means like three quarters of parliament must vote in favour of it. The chances of that happening are zilch! Start pushing for a referendum. Does the DA support the death penalty? - May |
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i disagree...
24/07/2007 11:35
I can't agree with the above article. our justice system is so backlogged as it is, and this is because we have an extremely high number of very jilted criminals who rape, murder and assault at will. The only way to bring this number down is to bring back the death penalty to deter those criminals. A fall in the number of criminals will result in a fall in the backlog. Simple logic. Kill the bastards that kill and rape - I hope they get what they deserve. - Zee |
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A few pointers
24/07/2007 11:37
1. The death penalty might invoke more murders, as the criminal might want to get rid of any witnesses.
2. I think that society should way more than the individual - if someone is wrongfully sentenced to death, it is unfortunate. We cannot free a guilty person because we may make a mistake.
3. The death penalty should be compulsary on all criminals that escaped and are caught again. Them maybe we won't have to use resources catching them twice (or thrice).
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Crime is crime
24/07/2007 11:42
Crime is crime. Racism is a crime. Recent revelations in the news suggest that white women are the true beneficiaries of affirmation action. This is racism and it's a crime. How must it be punished. Why must we impose severe penalties for some crimes and let others slide. One rule for all. What's good for the goose should be good for the gander. - Concerned |
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Kill the Killer
24/07/2007 11:43
I say Kill the killer, cut the rapist and thieves. Finish and Klaar. This will reduce the workload for poor warders and police. - Consent |
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just my 2 cents
24/07/2007 11:44
bleeding hearts, taxpayer-funded failed-rehabilitation and victims rights aside, the death penalty does kind of guarantee that this person will not kill another, or rape another baby again, not so? Personally I think they should be harvested for organs, then they can contribute something useful to everything they broke... - Anymouse |
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Death Penalty
24/07/2007 11:48
If us law abiding citizens stand too loose our life?s due to crime, then so should they(criminals) stand to loose their life. Bring back the death penalty, so they can also live in fear. As far as the extra burden, the police and courts, will know their efforts are being rewarded, and that they will not have to pursue the same criminal in a few months or years again. Bring back the death penalty, now!! - fornow |
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Alternative
24/07/2007 11:52
Make prison sentences harsher if the death penalty cannot be brought back. Meals consists of a gray goop with just enough calories to get through a day of hard labour. Only a thin matress and a bucket in their icy 6x6 cell. No access given to the red cross or human rights groups and no visitors. No luxuries. Somehow polititians wont buy discounted cars anymore either or mingle with fraudsters. Overcrowding should also seize.. Just a thought - A |
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i agree but!
24/07/2007 11:56
That might be the case...but the death penalty will definately serve as a huge deterrent!! - boyzie |
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Sentence
24/07/2007 11:59
We know the death sentence will never be reinstated.
The law enforcement is the actual problem.
Sentence serious criminals to "HARD LABOUR" in a facility built by the government (they need to build more anyway)
A penetentiary with brick manufacturing capabilties.
Bricks to be used by lesser criminals under "house arrest" to build houses for the poor people that were promised houses a decade ago. - David |
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DP vs HIV/Taxis
24/07/2007 12:00
The future looks bright, either way the crime level will drop in the future. - GMS |
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