Your money or your life?
An issue which seems to be troubling the government over their decision to reinstate the death penalty, is the worry that foreign governments will stop making aid contributions.
At a time when Jamaica’s economy needs every penny it can get its’ hands on, the coffers will undoubtedly miss this donor money. Senator Ronald Robinson says that this should not stop Jamaica from driving down the capital punishment road.
I have been listening to a discussion among Jamaican prisoners on Freefm radio – speaking from GP, Kingston’s notorious male prison. I posted about this station and what they do on this blog before.
The prisoners spoke a lot of sense.
They raise the point that putting the death penalty on the table could actually increase the murder rate as murderers seek to “get rid” of any witnesses to their crime.
They also say that the justice system is in no way rigorous enough to ensure that innocent men will not die. The interview of these guys speaking will be broadcast on the BBC World Service as part of the Your Story project.
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