Australia, founded by convicts, run by convicts, protects fkn convicts.
Sometimes I think the Jews were right with their eye for an eye mentality.
Whilst I am not one to say I know the Jewish religion back to front - but this is a very misconstrued understanding of this biblical lesson.
When it comes to commiting a crime, and the consequences of such - there is a 3-level criteria that the punishment must fit:
Reform - does the punishment provide opportunity for change within the person?
Restitution - compensation
Deterrence - will other people consider the same crime, if the punishment is not severe or too light?
Eye for an Eye seeks to find a punishment that fits the crime - manslaughter, or death, does not allow for the 1st to occur, might give some level of compensation (if one feels the death is justified) to the victim (unless, they themselves are dead). It will more than likely always fit the deterrence criteria though, considering it is the ultimate action to take. It also leaves no chance for Reform.
Now I will admit - there are some people who are so far gone for reform (Anita Coby case, Bilal Skaf etc). Those are very circumstantial cases - In my mind and from what I have seen of society - many feel that the death penalty should be used much more widely than what it is currently. And that saddens me, cause all life should be considered precious.
Remember - many of these people are the way they are because of their environment. Zach Levy (Shazam) shared a heartbreaking story of his mother on a podcast last week, where he basically broke down crying because of the abuse she copped when she was young, and how that affected her adult life (and all her relationships, including with her own children).
In cases such as this - the minimum this bloke who ended the life of the most precious of society, should be looking at is decades confined in our penal system.
