In praise of the death penalty (if only we had it)

A 15-YEAR-OLD boy has admitted bashing and raping an 83-year-old grandmother - even as she prayed to God.
The boy approached the woman on a Bendigo walking track after drinking four or five bourbon and cola drinks, and said: "I think you can help me".
When the woman tried to hand over money, the boy kissed her aggressively, dragged her to the banks of a nearby creek, and raped and bashed her, the court heard.
The woman begged for mercy, screaming 'Help lord Jesus, help lord God, help me", but the boy told her: "I'm going to f--- you till you die".

Despite the woman's pleas, her attacker continued bashing her, biting her on the breast and gouging her eyes.
In an interview with police two days after the attack, he admitted he would have killed the grandmother had he not been caught.
When asked why he launched the savage attack, he said: "I don't know. That's the thing, I don't know why."

He told police: "I do stupid things when I'm drunk."
The boy, who cannot be identified, pleaded guilty to rape, making threats to kill, assault and intentionally causing serious injury.
Three years ago, the boy, from central Victoria, was found guilty in a Children's Court of four counts of rape and one of attempted sexual penetration of a child under the age of 16.

He was released on a 12-month supervision order without conviction.
news.com

in the first place, the judge who have him the original sentence (if "sentence" isn't too strong a word) ought to have been taken to the public square and flogged then run out of town. The bastard doesn't have to suffer the consequences of his bleeding-heart theories about rehabilitation--other people do. And have.
Second, this little piece of filth has given up any claim to be part of the human race. Whatever opponents of the death penalty may say, there's simply no good reason for the taxpayer to fund a comfortable life behind bars for it.
Could anybody seriously argue that this "boy" is ever likely to become a productive, decent member of society? That spending a cent of taxpayer's money on psych counselling, medical care, meals, heating and entertainment for it would be justified?
It's time the comfortable well-paid bureaucrats who make a living from crime (sure they do, no less than the criminals they serve and protect) woke up to the real world and started serving the public which pays the damn leeches.
update:
I should have made it clear that the 12 month supervision penalty applied to the original offences, when he was 12 years old, not the attack detailed above.

1 comment:

  1. I think you've misread the news article.

    Three years ago.. was found guilty in a Children's Court of four counts of rape and one of attempted sexual penetration of a child under the age of 16.

    He was released on a 12-month supervision order without conviction.

    Yesterday, a Supreme Court judge remanded him in custody for sentencing.


    He was let-off for the earlier crime. He is yet to be sentenced in this instance.

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