Poll Best Posts in Thread: MANHUNT FOR A KILLER

Yes, if as a country you allow totally fancy damages claims (as in: ones that make the victim or their family rich) to be battled in court (and eventually often awarded), then you shouldn't be surprised when you end up with lawyer offices at every street corner, and insurance policies for personal or professional liability costing a fortune in premiums.

 

I eat meat but would be unable to slaughter the animals - except in dire circumstances.

I am pro the death penalty but only for serious crimes of evil - don't ask me what they are as it would be a judgement made in each case. However, for those evil b*stards who do terrible things to people (beheading, burning alive) I would be very happy to sign any document that gives them a very slow and very painful death - but will admit I could not administer it.

 

Some criminals are able to get away with their misdeeds because they can afford to hire good lawyers who will twist the truth for money—so sad.

 

well my friend, you have to remember that the majority of presidents in this last hundred years have been attorneys, a majority of the US senate are attorneys, virtually all judges are attorneys, the US house has a very high proportion of attorneys. many state houses are similarly configured. the whole system is designed by, and for the benefit, of attorneys. the system you comment on has been created by the attorneys for their benefit, they are not innocent beneficiaries.

 

A massive manhunt was launched for a killer who stabbed to death 3 people (2nurses and 1 nursing student) in their house where he was hired as a construction worker and who also robbed the victims’ cash and several iPads.

This happened in Caloocan last Sunday but
the criminal is said to have fled somewhere here in the Visayas. I am sharing the news with the criminal’s photo. If the link does not show, you may read the details from the newspaper called Philstar.

Details are in the story below.


https://bit.ly/2SsO9Mo

 

Just watched it, following your recommendation. Saw it many years ago but great to see it again now I know more about life.

Not giving spoilers, but interesting to see and think about how narrow justice is.

 

Rye83... if you've never seen the movie "12 angry men" (starring henry fonda) you should definitely watch this film... it is film making at it's best... a true masterpiece... and deals with the point you make here regarding the jury getting it right.

 

This discussion reminds me of the Death Penalty argument ... lots of people are against it until someone they love is murdered.... it is obvious that the death penalty does not seem to affect the murder rate but then again is it fair to bear the cost of incarcerating for life... also most of those who favor the death penalty would not be able to push the button/pull the lever so what are we to do ??

 

Getting acquitted is not the same here as in other countries. It is very common to get acquitted of a crime and then be killed by a motorcycle assassin two weeks later. Seems to be the way the locals reduce the cost of imprisoning criminals.

 

I think that this entire thing (unsolved crime in the Philippines) is more of a confrontation between reality and a public that watches (mostly american) tv-shows that totally unrealistic depict crime solving in a 40 minute episode by detective teams equipped with every modern technology one can think of.
It is even less realistic to expect police in a developing nation to have sophisticated detective teams all around the country to deal with serious crime.

Yes, more resources should be made available for crime solving even in this country, but expecting results quickly would even then be unrealistic.

Just as an example, a heinous crime in the Netherlands in 1998 where a pedophile allegedly raped and killed a young boy is only now leading to court proceedings, 22 years after. This alleged perpetrator has been at or very near the top of the "unsolved crimes" list of the police for 20 years or so, until finally the biggest DNA investigation ever in the country delivered first a relative of the suspect and then a suspect. I'm not saying this is a representative example, just illustrating that even having dozens of detectives/investigators on a case doesn't necessarily lead to quick results (and sometimes not to results at all).