Eye for an Eye

Police in Worcester Massachusetts in the United States have appealed for a killer to reveal where the unborn foetus of Murdered Darlene Haynes is. Darlene was 8 months pregnant when her blood soaked corpse was found on Wednesday, wrapped in a blanket and hidden in a cupboard.

The baby had been cut out of her stomach, she was so badly mutilated that at first Police could not determine the sex of the victim. She was found by the Landlord after other tenants complained of the smell coming from her apartment. Twenty three year old Darlene had two other children aged 3 and 4 and was reported as having had learning difficulty’s, her Grandmother described her as a troubled child.

There are no obvious suspects in the case her on/of  boyfriend Roberto Rodriguez has been interviewed and released and is not considered a suspect, though he was the subject of a restraining order which meant he was not allowed to contact or approach her. Police say the baby would be able to survive if urgent medical care was given.

What kind of monster could cut a baby out of its mothers stomach, the mind boggles at such a picture, and yet this crime is sadly not unique, if there is any comfort to be taken its that if and when the perpetrator of this inhuman act is caught, the possibility exists that he or she could forfeit their own lives.

We saw this week the contrast in the way this country and the US deal with this kind of crime, we have just had a case where a young girl was mutilated so badly by a jealous boyfriend that she begged to be allowed to die, her face so badly disfigured her own parents were unable to recognise her, and yet he received a sentence so feeble  that it will enable him to one day continue with his own life, our Transatlantic cousins on the other hand will fight to have Darlene’s killer executed.

We have adopted  many things from The US we copy their music, their films, we take on their fashions, lets now adopt their attitude to dealing with crime. its time for an eye for an eye maybe that will make criminals think twice. I propose we bring back capital punishment, critics say statistics show that capital punishment does not reduce crime, I say they WILL  affect statistics ,by at least 1 every time a criminal is executed.