The lady says, “hang em high”

Jan 15, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
Again at the risk of appearing trite, permit me to either cast oil on troubled waters or open the wound to avert possible festering and resultant non-healing. President Granger recently announced that Guyana is beginning to win the war on crime, comments made in response to questions posed by the media corp during the accreditation for Kuwait’s non-resident Ambassador to Guyana. He further added on a cautionary note that there remains still much work to be done, something that even the most myopic can see with no opposition from those of a dubious ilk. However, I intend to proffer unsolicited advice so that the President’s well-intentioned utterances are not reduced to aphorisms—the more things change, the more they appear the same, or those who forget the past are bound to repeat it.
The recent spate of gruesome murders, the nine day bloody orgy, especially that of the octogenarian and his wife, Rajkumar and Chammanlall and the killing of 49 year old Anita Baichan, wounding of her son followed by the torching of her home bears out this fact. Among the confessed killers is an individual, Rooplall Ibrahim who was just a mere youth of 16years when he was charged with murdering a 13 year old schoolgirl and disposing of her body in a trench. He was freed of that crime, but has learning taken place. No way! Learning has been replaced by yearning to take other lives, which he has demonstrably executed.
Now comes the time to put the cheese on the crackers! What manner of punishment should be meted out to these heartless fiends? In the wake of the President’s recent speech, perhaps he should be called upon to decide what would be the best deterrent, and one that would send such a strong message that even the babes and sucklings would be forced to adhere. Let it stand for the records that I remain a staunch advocate of the death penalty, and an enemy of the sanctimonious among which I find myself. President Desmond Hoyte used his powers not only to send a message but by extension put a halt to the rampant disregard for human lives at the time. Long sentences just would not cut it for some criminals, and after all, let it not be forgotten that they are all being fed and kept alive at a cost to the taxpaying public. Have there been any psychological study/ analysis, specialized in- prison treatment, psychotherapy sessions and the list can go on ad infinitum for the murderers with lengthy sentences.
No! Is it not apparent that something is amiss in the psyche of our young? What is it? It is too great a price if we sit by waiting on time to provide the response. In the book “Inside the Criminal Mind” by Stanton Samenow, the author offers fresh perceptions, presents a profile of the criminal mind and how we need to change our previously held ideas about the sources and cures for crime. President Granger if we are to continue to win the war on crime, then lengthy prison sentences are not the way to go. Let these recent murderers be used as test cases and see how well they can cope with the rope. The Constitution has stipulated that capital punishment must not be a mandatory punishment, however it beggars a revisiting. Hard times call for hard measures. Mr. President, that’s a fact. Please do not fail to act. On our lips is the lingering question: Where did it go, the Guyana we used to know.
Yvonne Sam.

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