All these long drawn-out pointless trials, like the Cleveland case with Ariel Castro, where the hearing will drag on for months and years, or the surviving Boston bomber and what's going to happen to him, the humongous cost involved. Maybe they could learn from a tiny village in Bolivia who seem to have found an excellent balance. Santos Ramos, 17, was named by cops as the possible attacker with the rape and murder of a 35-year-old woman. A 200-strong mob from the village sealed off all roads for the day, got hold of him and buried him alive in his alleged victim's grave, they lowered her coffin on top and covered it with earth. Case closed.
That was the second vigilante attack that day in Bolivia's Potosi province. They stoned to death a suspected murderer and burned his accomplice after they killed a motorist and stole his car. No action taken by the police.
I know it will have a knock-on effect on lawyers not earning huge fees, judges sitting comfortably for many months as cases drag on and on, but it does free up prison spaces, and saves greatly the cost of keeping them there. Lynchings are not uncommon in parts of Bolivia, where there is a minimum cop presence. Also explained when a mob killed an off-duty policeman when they mistook him for a thief. They can't always be right.
That was the second vigilante attack that day in Bolivia's Potosi province. They stoned to death a suspected murderer and burned his accomplice after they killed a motorist and stole his car. No action taken by the police.
I know it will have a knock-on effect on lawyers not earning huge fees, judges sitting comfortably for many months as cases drag on and on, but it does free up prison spaces, and saves greatly the cost of keeping them there. Lynchings are not uncommon in parts of Bolivia, where there is a minimum cop presence. Also explained when a mob killed an off-duty policeman when they mistook him for a thief. They can't always be right.
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