Bugger being a liberal - Hanging's too good for him...

[hellnback]

Perhaps we need a new offence - " failing to bring up a responsible citizen"

Couldn't agree more!!

.... but he gives the impression that he could still be educated decently ....

Why should any of these fuckers get a second chance? He has taken something from this girl that she'll probably never get back - shit she may never get over it, be stuck inside for the rest of her life - this fucker deserves the same.

[onearmedbandit]

Exactly, people always talk about giving extremists like this a second chance, something the victim themselves will never get.

[Skyryder]

Must admit I have trouble with my own views of the death penalty with this fucker. Solitary for life. No parole. That's a lingering death.

Skyryder

[Ixion]

I was surprised to find myself tempted to agree with the death penalty in the Burton case, but I'm not convinced about this one. Obviously I don't know any more than was in the article, but he gives the impression that he could still be educated decently - probably involving complete separation from his past life - where Burton didn't give that impression at all.

And as for the suggestion of locking him up to get raped - I'm dead against that. Jails should be enforcing the sentence handed down; no more and no less. And they know what the people in there are like, so letting assaults happen is pure negligence. Jailers who allow it aren't much better than their prisoners IMHO.

Richard

I agree. By all means hang him, I'm all in favour of hanging people (though a bullet is quicker and cheaper). But if he is sent to gaol he is entitled to the protection of the law. If the state cannot enforce the Rule of Law within its own gaols, then what hope for the rest of the country.

[Skyryder]

Clamp his genitalia in a vice, give him a blunt rusty saw blade, then set the shed on fire.. gives him a whole lot more choice than he gave his victim!
Scum!

Believe me as a man you do not have to set the shed on fire. Just keep squeezing the vice, sooner or later he'll castrate himself. Then give him the option of the cauterizing iron. With luck he won't be able to do that and bleed to death.

Skyryder

[The Stranger:Me]

How the hell does someone like that get bail ? "I just wanted to have sex...."

You got to wonder at the judge don't you.

What if he just wants to have sex again - as people often do.

The bail decision defies comprehension.

[rwh]

By all means hang him, I'm all in favour of hanging people (though a bullet is quicker and cheaper).

Cheaper? You can reuse a rope ...

Richard

[Squeak the Rat]

A 15 year old has been arrested for the killing of the old lady in the North Shore (Auckland).

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/...ectid=10419310

No doubt he'll get bail too for some excellent reason.

[MisterD]

I think some chemical castration is in order.

Chemical? I've got a couple of half-bricks around here somewhere...

[imdying]

No longer are the streets roamed by 'those punk kids'. More and more they're being roamed by 'those punk kid killers and rapists'. Once upon a time you would've told kids loitering to piss off, I would suggest either a 308 or a call to the cops these days.

Society isn't getting more violent perse imho, but sheesh, the kids sure are :S

[LilSel]

CHECK THIS OUT!!!!!!

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[LilSel]

Maybe it will work..... *shrug*...... But I get what they say with that it can lead to more murders (of the victim/witnesses)...

[dawnrazor]

four big horses tied to each limb and sent charging towards the four points of the compass at great speed........rip.pop.splat...job done....

[Street Gerbil]

he gives the impression that he could still be educated decently - probably involving complete separation from his past life
Richard

Absolutely, as long as it includes his separation from his reproductive organs. He may even join the opera for all we know...

[jrandom]

Truly dreadful.

I must say, if this happened to a woman in my family, some very bad things would happen to the rapist shortly after his eventual release. I wouldn't be at all surprised if this chap is safer in prison than out of it.

Hanging's not 'too good' for him, though. I'd say it's... about right.

Interesting question, really. If the death sentence is appropriate in cases of murder (yes, yes, I know, separate question, I'm just taking that as a postulate) is it also appropriate in cases of rape? Quite a few societies have historically answered in the affirmative.

Part of the problem is that, like it or not, there are degrees of 'rape'. This case is at the worst end of the scale. Joe Bloggs failing to roll off his missus in time when she complains that something's getting uncomfortable is at the other end. Yes, men have been charged with rape for that, too.

Anyone care to comment on how NZ law differentiates between various types of sexual assault? I note that in this instance, as with many others that are reported, a range of charges has been laid. Why so?