LETTER OF THE DAY - A cry for vengeance rather than justice
The Editor, Sir: At this point, the likely outcome of the debate over hanging is clear. Whether it is a genuine debate can be doubted, however. The 'argument' on one side is really the cry of deep anguish from those who have lost a child or other family member...
Reaching out to teenagers
The Editor, Sir: Ms Rose Dewar, in her letter to the editor dated November 10, wonders how the Church would know that teenagers are having difficulties if the teenagers do not attend church. The short answer is that many churches have outreach ...
Best approach re hanging
The Editor, Sir: As a Jamaican living abroad, it is disheartening and scary to read The Gleaner every day to learn about the rampant crime and violence plaguing the country I love. I have many loved ones in Jamaica and am concerned for them each...
Innocent one was hanged
The Editor, Sir: Many years ago. I was appointed a member of a committee of Enquiry into capital punishment, by the then Minister Spauldings under a previous Jamaica Labour Party Government. The committee which was chaired by Rev Evans ...
Responding to 'Hanging in the Balance' - Guerrilla training
The Editor, Sir: I write in response to 'Hanging in the balance'. It is a hard fact to accept, but our criminals are using the existing correctional system as a guerrilla training ground. This is against modern thinking that a penal...
Use electric chair
The Editor, Sir: As a Jamaican living in the United States of America, I am strongly in favour of the death penalty. If the person can be proven guilty beyond the shadow of a doubt, he or she should be given this punishment....
Murderers forfeit their right to life
The Editor, Sir: I am not a lawyer, so I can only offer a lay person's view about capital punishment, a debate that is currently before our parliamentarians for consideration. It is a life-and-death issue that confronts contemporary Jamaicans...
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