As a young graduate, fifty years ago, I requested homicide figures from the Home Office.
Attached to these, was a declaration from the Home Office stating that
there had been zero increases in murder rates since the abolition of the
death penalty back in 1964!
My analysis of their spurious claim revealed, not only that the increases
were startling, but that those who had sent me this 'assessment' were
fully prepared to lie to me.
I already knew from my latter days in Sixth Form at school that the
previously steady number of capital murders had increased hugely in
the first year post-death penalty. This was by an incredible 126+%.
A school copy of The Sunday Times had reported this shocking state
of affairs.
The deterrent was removed - many more innocent people died at the
hands of criminals. A simple and unchallengeable truth.
And yet, the claims that the death penalty did not deter have never
stopped issuing forth from: leftists, probation officers, social workers,
wimps, Lib Dems, those in control of our courts and a great many more.
Our population has seen an increase of 40%+ since abolition. The
homicide rate increased by around 600%+ over that period.
We are still lectured that death is no deterrent to crime. How so? Why
would it not be? How could it not be? Simple common sense also reveals the inevitability of this truth.
(Funny that deterrence in Singapore has been so overwhelming
successful, isn't it? I have friends who have gone to live there to
escape multiple millions of all kinds of crimes in the UK every year.
The reports I get back about the absence of crime in Singapore is
refreshing.)
It is a natural human response to respond to FEAR. Fear of heavy
punishments sees crime levels tumble. What other outcome could
a sane person expect?
The trouble is that, our gutless society has become riddled with
people who are too weak to press for deterrent sentencing.
The Bible states categorically and widely that 'punishments must be
proportionate.'
Throughout my life, I have been shocked by the numbers of Christians
I have encountered who claim that 'forgiveness is the key' to solving
the crime problem!
The Bible is tough on crime.
God forgives sin - AS SHOULD WE ALL! - (If true repentance is
evidenced.)
GOD DOES NOT FORGIVE CRIME - dealing with crime is for MANKIND!
God has made this abundantly clear. His Justice deals with repented
or unrepented sin.
This split is not recognised by Christians who see 'being nice,
irrespective of all reality' as being the greatest of all virtues. I could
weep.
Odd how this false Christian Teaching has only fully emerged in the
last century.
So many have lost a true sense of right and wrong.
Crimes must be punished and the more severe the crime - the heavier
the punishment must be the outcome!
Genesis 9:6 states, "Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his
blood be shed, for God made man in his own image." This verse is
interpreted as a divine justification for capital punishment, establishing
the principle that those who take a human life should forfeit their own.
The verse emphasizes the value of human life, as it is created in God's
image, and the responsibility of humans to uphold justice and protect
that image.
Nothing in New or Old Testament removes this teaching.
Anyone like me, who has seen many hundreds of criminal
records as a
Magistrate, knows in their heart of hearts that balanced,
deterrent sentencing no longer exists in any form in the UK.
Shoplifting is one crime that is rarely punished at all. It is
now off the
scale.
Prior to this state of affairs shoplifting cost every person in
the UK at
least 2% extra on ALL shopping bills. Now it costs hundreds
of pounds
a year. These things truly matter!
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