The Editor, Sir:

My country is getting into a cesspool of killings and tragedies that is stinking more and more as the days go by. I agree that the death penalty may not solve all our problems. It will not solve the corruption problem (as we do not hang the corrupt), it will not solve our economic crisis, or the rise in truancy just to name a few of our problems. But we must start somewhere, since keeping them in horizon hotel (as Mr Charles stated) is not solving one essential problem.

Dr Gomes and Amnesty, apart from advocating for the rights of these criminals, why not think about the victims on the flip side for a change. We need practical solutions to our problems and human rights is not a one-sided coin. .

I am, etc.,

LMR

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