Lawlessness now abounds across the length and breath of Jamaica

While Mr Bunting and his colleagues are passing laws, which will allow for human traffickers to be given a mandatory minimum sentence of 20 yrs, Jamaicans are dying left right and center at the hands of “ghost” gunmen.

No matter how heinous, barbaric or the level of visibility of the crime being committed, the offenders seem to simply disappear into thin air and their is no closure for the families of the victims involved.

The biggest business in Jamaica after security is funeral homes, which have been doing bustling business as the crime ware across Jamaica seems to totally out of control of the hands of the security forces and by extension the Minister of National Security.

Our elected members many of whom are lawyers have spent many hours passing laws over the last 12 months, most of which are intended to protect foreigners.

The “lotto scam” act was one of the fastest piece of legislation to be drafted and passed in parliament, ostensibly done to protect american citizens.

The latest act, which was debated this week was the one dealing with human trafficking, which seeks to impose lengthy sentencing for any Jamaica found guilty of even conjuring up a scheme to traffic humans, even if no actual trafficking had taken place.  Don’t get me wrong, human trafficking is wrong and must be addressed, but we do have some other issues which we are not on the agenda of our parliamentarians.

The anti -gang bill has taken an inordinately long time to be passed even though this bill was primarily drafted to “protect” Jamaican lives.

Now, imagine my surprise when I read that the broadcaster Wayne and his co-accused were sentenced to only 15 yrs, with the possibility of him being released after 10 yrs. I knew something was wrong when I heard the lawyer of the accused saying he was pleased with the outcome of the case.

I then asked, why was this not a case of attempted murder vs wounding with intent?

Now I am not a lawyer, so if one should say well technically he did not fire gun and so could not have been charged for attempted murder. If that his the case, how was he charged and then pleaded guilty to “wounding with intent”, wouldn’t the same rule apply ie he did not fire the weapon.

I then asked, why was this not attempted murder of two ie the mother and the unborn child ?

Also what are the charges in Jamaica for conspiracy to commit murder ?

I was horrified to find out that there is no law in Jamaica to used to try a person for attempted or even murder of an unborn child  !

How in 2013 where Jamaica has become a killing field, we do not have such a law, even though is exist is other jurisdiction around the world ?

Why is it that our many lawyers in Parliament with this knowledge not drafted a bill to correct this glaring omission or it that, it would interfere in their private practice as a criminal lawyer, when they are no longer in parliament ?

I continue to be amazed at the apathy of the general public on matters such as these and its part of the reason for using the blog to bring issues like these to public attention to stimulated debate and hopefully change.

We now demand that a bill be brought to Parliament, where the life of an unborn which is taken in as a result of the death of its mother, be classified as a murder as well, as that it really what it is.

Commonsense expects the same level of speed, which has been used to get laws which protect foreigners, will be applied in this case.