The father that stabbed his own son to death on a sports field in front of his mates...
Firstly, my condolences to the boys family and friends. I can't imagine what they are going through.
I have done some research and found that the boy, Luke, asked his mother if he could spend 5 more minutes with his dad in the cricket nets. In these 5 minutes, he was killed. The 54 year old father was known to have mental illness and the mother, Rosie Batty had also suffered years of domestic violence.
People are wanting tougher laws on this kind of issue. Laws that will hopefully deter people from murdering their own family and even strangers for that fact.
My issue about introducing this kind of law is that no matter what kind of law is put in place, if someone has the mind set to murder someone, they will do it regardless. Whether it be because of mental illness or pure anger. When you are in a position where you want to really MURDER someone, you wouldn't think of what will happen to YOU at the time. Lets be real. You murder someone, and then think "Oh shit, I could go to jail if anyone finds out", what are you going to do? Magically bring the person back to life and sort things out?
Laws can only prevent so many things. But I believe a law like this just isn't going to cut it. It's much like using your phone whilst driving. It's against the law because it dramatically decreases your concentration on the road and increases the chance of having an accident. But people still do it. Sure it may stop some percentage of people from doing it, but there are still far too many disobeying the law. Using your phone whilst driving can also be seen as murder if you kill someone by causing an accident. Something people just don't think about.
So what are your thoughts on this issue? Or just the law in general?
Firstly, my condolences to the boys family and friends. I can't imagine what they are going through.
I have done some research and found that the boy, Luke, asked his mother if he could spend 5 more minutes with his dad in the cricket nets. In these 5 minutes, he was killed. The 54 year old father was known to have mental illness and the mother, Rosie Batty had also suffered years of domestic violence.
People are wanting tougher laws on this kind of issue. Laws that will hopefully deter people from murdering their own family and even strangers for that fact.
My issue about introducing this kind of law is that no matter what kind of law is put in place, if someone has the mind set to murder someone, they will do it regardless. Whether it be because of mental illness or pure anger. When you are in a position where you want to really MURDER someone, you wouldn't think of what will happen to YOU at the time. Lets be real. You murder someone, and then think "Oh shit, I could go to jail if anyone finds out", what are you going to do? Magically bring the person back to life and sort things out?
Laws can only prevent so many things. But I believe a law like this just isn't going to cut it. It's much like using your phone whilst driving. It's against the law because it dramatically decreases your concentration on the road and increases the chance of having an accident. But people still do it. Sure it may stop some percentage of people from doing it, but there are still far too many disobeying the law. Using your phone whilst driving can also be seen as murder if you kill someone by causing an accident. Something people just don't think about.
So what are your thoughts on this issue? Or just the law in general?
