Dear Editor,

With much concern about penalties for crimes affecting our nation, I propose that penalties for crimes be imposed speedily, and that defenders of criminals who employ delay tactics be regarded as accomplices after the fact and may be criminally charged.

Execution should be carried out for those sentenced to death not by hanging, but by firing squad, electric chair, or lethal injection.

For gun crime not causing death, the fingers that pulled the trigger should be amputated.

In cases of rape, particularly against young women under the age of consent, elderly women, young boys, when convicted in court beyond the shadow of a doubt, the offenders should be whipped or castrated at their choice, whichever of the two they desire.

White collar criminals should serve their sentence by cleaning drains and public parks, refurbishing public buildings, etc.

Punishment should be carried out expeditiously, and not delayed by appeal and strategy.

I appeal to authorities having to do with enforcement of penalties to swiftly take all necessary action so that penalties can truly be a deterrent to would-be offenders.

Bancraft St E Anglin

Ensom City,

St Catherine