This latest high profile killing was an act waiting to happen and it's largely because we as a people cannot seem to agree on what we want. We hardly arrest these criminals and those who are caught are not expeditiously tried. The entire country including governments and the judiciary are not on the same page as to punishment for the crime of murder. And this is the main reason why it can be committed with the utmost ease and contempt.
It is a total mockery for what passes as law and order and justice in this country. In addition, there are certain murders which seem off-limits to the police. One can expect the cocktail circuits to make their usual big speeches but they won't call on the authorities to implement the law/punishment with respect to murder. They will say catch the killers, but catch them and do what with them?Some will say poverty caused them to kill, and the killer was from a broken home without a father and he did it so he could eat ah food.
One can sense the helplessness of obtaining justice in this country where everything seem to favour the perpetrators of crime.
Ramesh Marajh
Palo Seco