Open letter to PNM Senator Penny Beckles:
Are you saying that we solve all the occurring murders, find people guilty, put them in jail and then we will decide what to do with them?I believe you politicians are trying to hoodwink the population into believing that you have the answers to these problems, and it's just small-time politics being played by individuals charged with charting the future of the country. We are hearing all sorts of reasons why the death penalty should not be implemented. Some compare the legitimate hanging of a guilty murderer here to the mass killing of Jews by the Nazis. Others say adultery is the same as murder and should have the same punishment. Some say murderers can't read and write so we shouldn't hang them. All sorts of cynical statements are made by the abolitionists, including a distorting of data.
Why did these killings escalate under the PNM's watch? What were you all supposed to do that you didn't do? And do you all have any idea what to do were you to immediately re-enter office?I have listened to every point, but not one has convinced me that the killer of my son should not hang.People are dying in this country and people are hurting and some are becoming angry. I am urging you politicians to be genuinely conscious of future consequences.
Ramesh Marajh
Palo Seco