Rory I cannot agree with you on this. While I am not a fan of "Papa" or any of his cohorts. the point is crime is getting worse in this country and no matter who the Government of the day is, it needs to be addressed. One of those ways is the entrenchment of capital punishment into our constitution.

While I agree that I may not stop the killing, it will certainly put some fear in those who calously kill without fear of being killed themselves - albeit by the State. At least Ms. Seymour is trying to do something about it - where others (Rodney Moncur, et al) have failed and I wish her every success.

And this from the second-in-command who could possibly become the Prime Minister... God help us all!!!

I agree. Whatever his motive, at least someone had the balls to say what we are all thinking.

Cann57. It has happened. Cleola Hamilton had a brother murdered. Bran McCartney (although no longer in the house) had a brother murdered and the DPM was held up at gun point. Rip Van Winkle been wake. I guess he must be sleep walking.

You know what gets me about the crime issue? The fact that we have a Deputy Prime Minister who was robbed at gun point while acting as Prime Minister and what appeared to be his casual brushing aside of the matter. Mr. Davis is a trained attorney, who specializes in criminal law. He has made his living representing persons accused of every form of crime and no doubt specialises (as most attorneys do) in finding loopholes in the law to get them off. He knows where the loopholes are and should be leading the charges (in my humble view) as the country's second-in-command to amend the releveant laws to fix our crime problems.

You know, we can call the talk shows and pen letters to the paper until we are blue in the face. In my mind, the Government knows what to do. I just question if they have the fortitude to do it. From all accounts, it does not appear that they do.

I cannot understand, for the life of me, how a country's citizens can constantly call for capital punishment, and make repeated suggestions to fix the law and our country's leaders, whom the majority of us elected and who are supposed to be working for us, continue to ignore our cries. How much more bloodshed do we need? How many more innocent people need to die before our Government wakes up?

We hear them in Parliament passing or amending all sort of frivilous Acts, yet the foremost things that plague this country - crime, immigration, the economy - are nowhere at the top of the agenda some two years after election and it really should have been the focus from day one.

I GEE!!

I agree. It's one thing to catch the purported purpetrator, quite another to actually have them convicted in a court of law. Sadly many of these cases are thrown out, the jury returns a 'not guity' verdict or the subject "gets off" on some technicality on appeal. "Swift justice" should be felt all the way to Fox Hill Prison with sufficient time served not to re-offend.

I couldn't agree more. I find it interesting that most people have the exact same impression - that Mr. Mitchess travels extensively on the taxpayers' purse - but to delude himself into thinking everyone who feels this way is poitically motivated, well pompus **** is an understatement.

We bitch and complain that too many illegals are here and then when the Immigration Department appears to be doing something about it, we complain. Which is it? Do we want them caught and deported or do we want them to stay? Frankly I don't mind being inconvenienced (and I was) for an hour or more if it means that a couple hundred are caught. Like most Bahamians I want them gone!

Lol. Hilarious!

Lol. You wrong for saying this!