Totally agree with davidephraim, if people know that if you murder another man, that there's an efficient policing and justice system, and that you'll be caught and hung in at most a few months- any nation that implements this together with organising to ensuring a high quality of life for all it's citizens, murder rates in that nation WILL plummet(there's no ifs, buts or maybes about that). A good example of this is Japan, their murder rate is among the bottom three in the world!! Yes, the USA has the death penalty, but many states have cut it, and those that do have it DO NOT carry out the death sentences in a timely manner, and almost does not execute anyone that is on death row,among other things, which is in contrast to the Japan, where throughout the whole country, anyone who murders is executed in a timely manner.
Could you all believe this !!!!! In 2004 Japan only had 1100 murders, that's in a population of 127.3 MILLION people!!! They had twice the number of murders we had last year in 2008, with with about 126 TIMES(!!!!) more people than us! What's going on here and in other parts of this world is atrocious.
edit: I've learnt that Japan's murder figures has plenty controversy regarding their validity and other factors, but whatever, it's still one of the lowest in the world regardless, and I know what I outlined will work, *steups*.
If the US politicians really cared about the thousands and thousands of innocent human life that is snuffed out every year, they can reduce the number of murders to a minute fraction, much easier than almost all countries on earth- they just have to efficiently execute the murders(and end all the disgusting legal loopholes) that they seem very able to efficiently catch already. Kill the murders, and the innocents will live, don't and people have barely any inhibiting factor to sto them taking another human's life if they enough hate is built up in them. It's as simple as that. People who say stop the death penalty simply care more for the individuals who murder innocent people, and in the process put holes through the hearts of their families and loved ones, they seem to care more for the feelings and well being of those who had no concern for such when they snuffed out the life of another man.
To stop our murders in Trinidad is comparably a job that requires MUCH more work than the US, because unlike them, our police and judicial system is in shambles, but with dedication and hard, good and intelligent work, we can. At least we have the death penalty in place though, that's a good start...*sigh*
