Death penalty supported

Letters

I WRITE to air my views regarding the life or death sentence on people found guilty of raping a minor.
To me, it does not matter if it’s a rape of a minor or an adult woman, rape is still a high profile crime, an act of forced sexual engagement committed against someone’s will or consent.
It will have a long-lasting detrimental effect on the victim.
They know it is wrong but intentionally will still go ahead and do it.
We talk about rape all the time but it’s about time our judicial system sharpens its teeth and starts implementing the death penalty on those convicted of rape, murder, robbery, drug smuggling and human trafficking.
Prison camps or jails around Papua New Guinea are no longer seen as a place of punishment.
Prison sentences ranging between five and 20 years are no longer effective.
People do not feel pain when serving those years in jail.
Lawbreakers in prison enjoy the comforts provided by the government because our government, through Correctional Services (CS), is injecting millions of kina in taxpayer money to turn those prison camps into educational institutions.
They create a conducive environment to the transgressors, providing them meals three times a day at the expense of the good, law-abiding citizens.
This approach being taken by Correctional Services to rehabilitate and reshape the lawbreakers is good. However, they should provide for and rehabilitate the first-time offenders.
It’s normal for aimless people to create problems and go to jail because everything is there for them, provided by the government – food, shelter, education, yoga, etc. The crime rate will still rise. Rehabilitation and life sentences or five to 20 years’ imprisonment should be given to first time offenders only. Repeat offenders who keep committing the same crime and ending up in jail should get the death penalty.
Just hang them.
They have gone through the rehabilitation programmes but keep on breaking the law, so they don’t deserve a second chance.

Observer
Lae