EDITOR, The Tribune.
I wish to commend Dr Nottage and the police in their fight against crime.
However, my difficulty is that while a 29 per cent reduction in crime is commendable, statistics mean nothing at all to victims of crime and their families.
Further, even good progressive statistics do not move or deter criminals.
On the very day Dr Nottage pronounced these statistics, two murders were committed, and one in Dr Nottage’s constituency.
The murder count is now at 57.
Statistics do not bother criminals.
It was Dr Nottage who said that “there exist only a small group of repeat offenders committing crime”.
I therefore call on Dr Nottage to lead the fight to put in place measures that would extract this small group of criminals from our society.
The whole society is fearful of crime, therefore we must reach the conclusion that “some rights” would have to be taken from repeat offenders.
Until we can put fear in the hearts and minds of repeat offenders, impressive statistics will not cut it.
SIMEON B HALL
Nassau,
June 22, 2016.
Comments
sheeprunner12 7 years, 9 months ago
Is pastor Hall still adding murdered victims' names to his church wall on the highway???????
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