PM says last night’s shooting was done by well-known criminal element
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This shooting was ostensibly done by a criminal element who is known to the police for gun crimes. Interestingly, he was recently given bail.
The judiciary is failing our society by giving these known un-empathetic, destructive, criminal elements bail and short sentences, allowing them to become repeat offenders, thereby destabilizing our society with their routine criminal acts of crime and violence.
While sentencing is the exclusive domain of the judiciary, as a member of the legislature, I am of the firm view that our judiciary is failing us.
Be empathetic to our people and not criminals.
Crime and violence must not pay and those who engage in crime and violence must surely pay.
We cannot reign in criminals with slaps on the wrist; they must be severely punished especially, repeat offenders who are involved in gun crimes.
Protect our society; up the sentencing now and end the bail for these hardcore criminals.
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