Two men were lately jailed, 16 and 20, for beating up, while under the influence of alcohol, having been drinking the enitre day, a 43 year old man with five children, who died, because of this beating.
There was no motivation for this act, and no reasoning, logical or illogical.
They were just drunk.
Only recently a relative of the deceased implored that the harshest sentence be sought. On two young boys, who will likely spend most of their lives regretting the incident, and when they are released, 25-30 years later, with no qualifications, and no hope of getting a job, they will undoubtedly return to a life of crime, and we may hold another life on our hands.
How is taking one life, to equal the loss of another, fair or right, or just or good or helpful? how is it even human?
Murder is a serious crime, and though they weren’t in complete control, they were fools to act as they did, in their drinking, and in their actions, for which they are responsible, but nonetheless, they deserve a second chance, so that others will not suffer for them (their families) or by their hand.
Life is only lived once. And as sacred and terrible as murder is, it does not equate to another murder. Their is a point to The Merchant of Venice, and to Jesus’s comment of ‘An Eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,’ whether you believe in him or not. The point is that you can not recompense in punishment.
You have to rehabilitate, and give people a chance to live, and love, and get it wrong, even if them getting it wrong is as serious as this.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/staffordshire/8193511.stm
What do you think they deserve?
2 years ago