Crime and Punishment In Barbados Is What I Call Real Justice!
I don’t know about you, but one thing that I really hate in life is the criminal class, by that I mean those that think it is okay to steal, beat or kill. You will always get a certain element of society in every country in the world that are criminals, it just the way of the world. There has been good and evil existing in the world ever since God kicked the Angel of Light, otherwise known as Satan out of heaven.
Thankfully most people know the difference between right and wrong and live their life in a law abiding decent manner. Most of us have no desire to kill or beat anybody just because they happened to get in our way, or just because we don’t have enough money, we don’t go out and rob people or businesses.
If I don’t have enough money I will work harder. I remember a few years back when times were hard for me; I was working 3 jobs to make ends meet. It never crossed my mind to take from others what wasn’t rightfully mine. Eventually things worked out for me and things sorted themselves out, due to working hard and believing that if I continued to do so, things would work out, my positivity and faith to move forward never wavered.
Here in Barbados it is no different to any other country in the world, it has it’s share of criminals. I have heard it said that the crime rate in Barbados is fairly low and as far as I’m aware it is. You will see the occasional murder here, usually low life’s that have fallen out with each other. The local newspapers in Barbados are much like back home in Scotland, you have a section devoted to those bad boys and girls that have appeared in court to answer for the crimes they have committed.
I must admit as a law-abiding citizen that works hard, I am very impressed with the police who obviously catch the criminals, the judges and courts of law in Barbados. They don’t just give them a slap on the wrist here and let them get back on with their criminal lives. You break the law here and you will get a punishment that is truly worthy of the crime that you committed.
I have heard of a case of someone that went to prison for murder and he was giving a life sentence, and life here means life. He will never see the light of day again as a freeman, and seemingly his sentence includes that if they ever bring back the death penalty to Barbados, he will get it.
A few weeks I was reading The Courts section in the paper and it said Liar with deodorant sent to Dodds, {the prison). Even I thought that was a bit harsh, but as it turned out it was fair. The judge asked the criminal if the police had charged him before, the defendant responded that they had, but it had been discontinued. The judge made a check and it transpired that they had a criminal record for offenses such as burglary, theft, drugs and receiving stolen property. The judges response to the criminal was I cant stand liars and sent him to jail for 6 months all for stealing two roll on deodorants worth BDS$25.10 from a supermarket. In fact I think the sentence was too short!
Another case I recently read about involved a clay pigeon shooting gun enthusiast that, owned some guns and bullets that were never registered. It transpired that he must have fallen out with a friend, who then made the police aware of his illegal haul. He was fined BDS$55,000, which has to be paid within 24 months or he will spend 5 years in prison. That should teach the criminal a valuable lesson.
I’m a strong believer that criminals should be punished properly for the crimes that they commit. I feel that back home in Scotland and the UK as a whole that the Judges and courts, do not give adequate sentences to those that break the law. The law seems to be more in favour of those that are committing the crimes as opposed to those that suffer at the hands of the criminals. Fortunately those that break the law in Barbados will pay a very heavy price for breaking the law.
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its kind of interesting to read the court cases in the newspaper too. you cant hide if you commit a crime in barbados.
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