Who decides what justice is nowadays?
By Caroline King


Everyone has one firm opinion or cause that they are wholly dedicated to. What would yours be? I must say that the issue of who controls justice in the world is mine.

“Justice!” you can imagine some hero in a roman gladiator film screaming at the top of his lungs as the camera slides in closer to his rugged face. Don’t you feel that justice is a matter that deserves to be shouted out passionately for all to hear? If you ponder, who controls the justice in the world? Too many criminals get away with murder (literally and figuratively), and there is no justice. In South Africa and many countries prisons are overpopulated, so criminals who have nowhere near carried out their sentences are allowed to go free. Do they even need to feel remorse for rape and murder and child molestation when they’re almost guaranteed a light sentence if they’re caught? This must certainly affect the power of justice.

If there was adequate punishment for the likes of rapists and murderers, for example the death penalty, which is admittedly a less than perfect system, but a far more effective warning and solution to all extreme criminals. Ideally, this would solve the problem of overcrowded prisons and of careless crimes against one’s fellow man. The world is going in a steep downward spiral and people need to learn to treat others humanely or things will surely end in a horrible way.