There is a lot of horrific crimes in South African over the past few years
that makes one think that our only solution to the rampant crime is capital
punishment, but with an inefficient and corrupt criminal justice system and
government, what can one expect?
South Africa is heading for a disastrous
future. The ANC are incompetent, short sighted and loaded with corruption. Crime
is everywhere, especially in the farming areas, as well as the low socio
economic areas where people get murdered on a daily basis. We need a more
efficient criminal justice system as convictions take ages. We need the death
penalty? Why because I know for a fact that crime/murder will decrease because
these murderers will think twice before killing somebody....at the moment they
don't think twice because IF they get caught they get 3 meals a day, room + bed,
tv etc all at our expense for a few years then get released on good behaviour
knowing that they are now hardened criminals and will stop at nothing to do what
they do best crime/murder.
I am a educated black person that knows
exactly how these people think- I have come across them and listened to the way
they speak and they are something out of a horror story. They murder farmers
because they dislike them because certain government leaders sing and chant hate
songs against white people. Dubula ibhulu is not a joke, it promotes these
crimes to the incompetent person in the poor areas. So instead of them going to
rob you and leave you unharmed, they know that the ANC and its comrades endorse
Dubula Ibhulu which means kill the white man/farmer...so, unfortunately they
will do what they have been told to do even though they might get a prison
sentence which means nothing to them They do it because they are looked up to in
their communities/gangs. I'm sorry to say this, but I warn you all to arm
yourselves especially if you are a farmer and defend yourselves because you
cannot rely on the cops or the courts! I feel very sorry for the farmers and all
the people that get murdered in South Africa. The government has failed on so
many levels. The ANC(African National Corruption) don't care about you and never
will. Either a new competent government takes over or we just live in fear and
misery!
Without the death penalty the only fear of committing a crime is
a jail sentence and that's if criminals get caught & convicted because our
courts are inefficient and backlogged! Considering how many crimes are committed
by repeat offenders this is not even a deterrent any more. Jail is simple not
scary enough. What scares anyone, including hardened murderers, is death. Having
this ultimate form of punishment in place shows that truly heinous crimes cannot
and will not be tolerated in civil society
There in an economical
benefit too for introducing the death penalty. The Department of Correctional
Services spends millions of tax rands on keeping these criminals in jails, money
that could be invested in other sectors like education. If most of these
barbarians were to be convicted and killed, we would not have to spend money on
them. South African is not a rich country and we have a lot of people still
living below the poverty line (i.e. not able to afford 3 meals a day like the
criminals in jails). So how about we take that money and do something useful
with it instead of wasting it on criminals who, after getting bailed out, commit
the same crimes again. This "correctional service" is not working and has been
nothing but an embarrassing money wasting exercise.
Our criminal
justice system/courts is another major problem. It favours more the wrongdoer
than the victim. The constitution also favours the rich in South Africa and that
is why organised crime has increased drastically in South Africa. If you have
money then you can obtain the best and highest paid legal team that will bend
backwards to ensure these organised criminals remain free to roam and commit
more crimes in South Africa. In actual fact the government has failed the South
African citizens by allowing the mafia into the country to set up shop to do
what they do best, organised crime! The unfortunate truth is that South African
white people are too complacent to do anything constructive about this. You all
moan and groan about problems in SA and the crimes which I agree is shocking,
but you never protest or do anything constructive to stop this madness. South
Africans in general are too materialistic and self centered to start a
revolution for a positive future!
You must be the change you want to see
in the world and that should be a psoitive one for all. The bottom line
is that, unless we have a better justice system, crime will keep on increasing
with criminals knowing there will be no consequences. One can just look at
Zimbabwe that was once the breadbasket of Africa. Such a shame to a once
beautiful and prosperous country. I just hope South Africa doesn't turn into
something similar with the current useless leaders & government, but I tend
to think that things are not looking bright for SA. Zimbabwe will now, out of
stupidity, bribes, & arrogance, get 'colonised' by China- a new era of
colonialism that's coming there way and the whole of Africa for that matter!
Times will be tough in Africa....most people are too oblivious for now!
We could also mention that our population, especially in poverty stricken
areas is increasing exponentially! With that happening, unemployment, poverty,
crime will only increase especially with our government not providing decent
education to the masses. The government needs to implement family planning
education, possibly free contraception. Otherwise the more unemployed,
uneducated people =problems create problems= it seems our government likes
chaos! Our unsustainable economy & corrupt government with their
materialistic and self centered lifestyles, coupled with our explosive
population growth in Africa, is a recipe for a well earned disaster!
Here is a link to prove that South Africa and
Southern Africa are probably the most murderous societies on earth, even with
the probable under-reporting. A very informative link that just shows how bad
things really are http://www.frontline.org.za/articles/gettingaway_withmurder.htm
http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/Violent-and-Hate-Crime-20120510
Excellent idea. This however does not go far enough. We need to reintroduce the ideas espoused in the Bible where justice is about restitution not just punishment. The biggest part of the punishment would be the repayment of what was lost at rates determined by the "court".
ReplyDeleteIn God's justice system there are certain crimes that tear the fabric of society - rape, murder, paedophilia - and such crimes are punishable by death - immediately on the case being established by two or three witnesses - not 23 years and 17 appeals later. If not by two or three the perpetrator may not be killed.
It also extends to the concept of "honour killings" whereby the family of the victim, knowing without doubt who the perpetrator of these crimes was is entitled to pursue him and catch him and execute summary justice on him - unless he had reached certain de-marked cities of refuge where he could hand himself to the authorities to then get judgement by trial.
Other crimes are an eye for an eye. Just like accident insurance. They have determined what the value of an eye or other appendage is should it be lost and will pay that value to you. Same in God's justice system. IF you fight and knock out a man's eye you were expected re recompense him for the value of his eye as determined by the elders at the gates of the city.
Theft was to be repaid at ratios over and above the value of what was stolen depending on the value. The higher the value, the more you had to restore - in other words - petty theft to feed yourself or your family for a day was not punished as severely as theft for greeds sake.
If you could not pay you were handed over to the jailers who would make you work off your debt up to selling you into slavery to recover your debts. Your family could assist you to pay your debt and so be able to help free you, BUT your debt would be paid.
This is a perfect system. It costs the victims of crime nothing and ensures criminals do not have the time on their hands to learn to be better criminals.
Rehabilitation is something that takes place ONLY in the mind of the perpetrator - there is NO external way of rehabilitating another human being - they must DECIDE not to commit crime again.
God's way is the best way. Crime is punished visibly and in a way that effects the criminal and not the victim. The victim is recompensed over and above what he lost. No taxes on it, no lawyers fees, and no corrupt incarceration system to suck money from the victims pockets.