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A Simple Solution To Reduce Crime Rate
The letter from Mr. Lypowy (in January 15 edition of The Manchester Times) about using the death penalty deserves praise. Kallinger, while torturing a woman, warned her (this was in the newspaper), "If you tell, the laws being what they are, I'll be out in no time and get you."
What does this say about our laws?
Maybe I have a simple solution to reduce the crime/murder rate. The assailant should receive the same treatment he gave the victim. If he tortures and leaves the victim to bleed to death, he gets the identical infliction.
Some may scream that is inhumane and cruel, but was not the pain and agony he gave his victim inhumane and cruel? Should we not consider the family and friends who will spend a life of grief and sorrow?
Some will say Jesus taught to love your enemies and those that prosecute you. Yes, but Christ also proclaimed, "I have not come to abolish the law, but to fulfill the law."
While the law gives exemptions for accidental death, it clearly declares, "For deliberate murder thine eye shall not pity him … he who sheds innocent blood must die or the land will be polluted." Is our land polluted?
At the beginning of our country, highway robbers fell upon families coming home from shopping in their buggy. The civil government was helpless. Vigilante groups were formed and robbers were hung on the spot. It did not matter if you were along just for the thrill of seeing a robbery, your neck was stretched too. Highway robberies were curtailed.
Makes me wonder if our police were given author- ity to shoot robbers on the spot, our society would be safer and women could walk safely at night, and we could leave our doors unlocked.
Women in the family told me that in the old days, they could get off the bus and walk home at night for blocks with no fear. What happened? William Messinger, Manchester
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