Trinidad and Tobago’s longest-serving death row prisoner, Wenceslaus James, was freed, on Tuesday, went home to his doting mother, was reunited with his village friends, and visited the beach yesterday.
Trinidad and Tobago’s longest-serving death row prisoner, Wenceslaus James, was freed, on Tuesday, went home to his doting mother, was reunited with his village friends, and visited the beach yesterday.
“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.” Aldous Huxley, English writer.In the present furore about selecting a new pre
Noble: Will the TTPS save us? Or is T&T leaning on a false messiah?
Distressingly amid the national uproar over our women’s ill-treatment and murders, we gravitate to accepting a ‘macho’ solution that wreaks violence upon those who threaten us.
We should reflect on how likely this path would take us to our desired goal of safety for all, particularly our women. Will we be better off as a result?
Photo: A woman protests for change in the wake of the death of Andrea Bharatt.
Crime challenges our moral system causing us to look instinctively to social control agents to channel our outrage. We want them to act to restore order and stability. With the government’s failure to calm our nerves, we have seen the rise of an individual usurping the role of defining and defending our values and establishing our moral norms.