S Braasch 18 1 1994
I would like to bring up a
matter that has been widely commented on already, since it was also accepted in
the draft constitution.
It concerns the matter of penalties for crimes
committed, especially murder, rape,'violant assault, these serious crimes
becoming
so popular nowadays.
I feel that a person doing something to
somebody else must realize that the punishment is severe, definitely riot less
than what you
are doing to your victim. This implicates that the death penalty
must be kept for murder.
I propose further that a convict should not have
normal rights as a law abidirig person, the right to vote for instance. Part of
the penalty should be the loss of normal rights, temporary removal from society
alone is riot enough.
Since it seems that imprisonment today is riot a
deterrent to crime, I would suggest hard labour and canning be reintroduced. If
this approach cars work in Singapore, it will most probably also have better
results in this country.
The main point I want to make is that white
collar crimes, fraud etc. is less severely punishable than those mentioned at
the beginning.
Today one finds that these crimes are punished harder in
comparison.
Thank
you
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