Hi everyone, the new Toeic book written by Emiko Matsumoto and corrected by me is on sale now in major book stores in Tokyo. Here is a link to the site on the new book plus the listening download that accompanies the book
.
Friday 21 May 2010
Friday 7 May 2010
Replead of the statue of limitations of Murder: No Rest for the wicked
“ No rest for the wicked “
Japan recent passed a new law rescinding the statute of limitations on Murder. Now those who take the life of another person will be hunted down until the end of their days on this earth. They will have nowhere to hide, and forever will have to worry and stress about being captured, arrested, trialed, convicted & sentence to imprisonment or capital punishment (the death penalty).
Consider the situation before the law was changed, where the victims (or I should say the victim’s family) may not get the justice they deserve and need. Image that one of your love ones has been murdered and the police through lack of evidence, stupidity and, or laziness can not find the murderer before the limitation. The murderer having successfully avoided capture was now free to talk about their crime, write books, movies or appear in the media and there was nothing anyone could do about it.
Why it has taken so long for lawmakers to propose and pass this law?
Why have the police not pushed for the statue to be abolished before now?
Is it because they did not care, was it because they were/are lazy?
Is it because they were taking money or other favours from organized-crime groups, who would be very much in danger of this law change?
In any case, the law has been change and this is a great, No! a tremendous, advancement for Japan and for the many victims, who can not get justice for themselves, and the families of the victims, who now can have the knowledge and comfort that whomever killed their love-ones will be hunted down for as long as it takes to bring the murderer to justice.
More importantly it means that those victims of murder, who have no family, no friends, no who will push their case will also may get justice. This is the most important point of the new law change that without anyone to fight for their cause will get the honour and respect they deserve. People who have no-one and who are murdered, their life means something, they are not nothing, they mean something, they do count.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)