tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post3129616060924130002..comments2024-03-29T16:58:01.576+13:00Comments on AmeriNZ Blog: Murder in PaeroaArthur Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-21689869097389810252012-06-23T03:02:41.026+12:002012-06-23T03:02:41.026+12:00It occurred to me that I've know two people wh...It occurred to me that I've know two people who have been murdered. Don't think I've ever written about them.Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-64042769128345858562012-06-22T02:51:25.848+12:002012-06-22T02:51:25.848+12:00In the US, there seems to be a correlation between...In the US, there seems to be a correlation between murder and the death penalty. Texas, e.g., has the death penalty, and use it frequently, but it does not seem to have quashed murder.Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-45712780209526637662012-06-21T18:41:44.002+12:002012-06-21T18:41:44.002+12:00If a dog goes mad you shoot it!As a long time tax ...If a dog goes mad you shoot it!As a long time tax payer I object to funding low life such as this,then there's the bloody ACC I have to pay when one of these low life scum tries to escape and alas only breaks his leg-not his neck.My vote for re-intro of the Death penalty!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-29124451963547751882012-06-20T19:11:16.820+12:002012-06-20T19:11:16.820+12:00Well, I can't agree with you there. The death ...Well, I can't agree with you there. The death penalty does nothing to prevent murders because most murders are either "crimes of passion" (no thought in advance) or spontaneous. So, the existence of a death penalty doesn't deter murders because they didn't plan on murdering anyone in the first place.<br /><br />Also, in this country, very few murders have ever been committed by people who have already murdered someone (not counting multiple murders in the same crime). These are the people who might theoretically be deterred.<br /><br />Crime has always been with humanity and it always will be. Tougher sentencing won't and can't change that. However, we <i>can</i> change the creation of criminals—stop them from ever growing up to commit crimes, but that's much, MUCH harder than tougher sentences. I'm not sure society has the will or courage to do that.Arthur Schenckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10568299067544221996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34249799.post-46328984582211259172012-06-20T18:44:28.158+12:002012-06-20T18:44:28.158+12:00It is time NZ woke up and set a standard that deal...It is time NZ woke up and set a standard that dealt with this type of unprovoked assault that ends in the death of the victim.Lets not burden our taxes by housing the recycled puss that commit these crimes that result in the death of their innocent victims.100% support of introducing the death penalty.<br /><br />Now that's real justice!<br />Bruce Mac TgaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com