WHO IS KILLING OUR TEENAGE GIRLS…? …WHY ARE THEY BEING KILLED…?
REPEALING JUVENILE ACT:- …REPLACING WITH JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT’
TIMELY QUESTION
The writer has asked a ‘…Timely Question,’ ‘…Who is Killing Our Teenage Girls?’
Such ‘…Question’ was clearly not only for the ‘…Concerned or Curious Citizens,’ but also, and more importantly, ‘…CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS.’
Such was necessar for:
(a) ‘…Prosecutorial: and
(b) …Criminal Justice purposes.’
SWIFT JUSTICE
It is not only just a ‘…QUESTION’ that requires ‘…QUICK ANSWERS,’ but also one that demands: ‘…SWIFT JUSTICE.’
MOST FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION
Even so, the ‘…Most Fundamental Question is-‘ …WHY ARE THEY BEING KILLED?
From a ‘…Law Enforcement Perspective,’ the latter ‘…QUESTION’ is looked at from:
(a) ‘…The ‘…REPEALING’ of: ‘…THE JUVENILE ACT’ [Chapter 229]: and
(b) …The ‘…REPLACING’ with: ‘…THE JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT (CJA).’
NOTE WELL:
‘…CHILD’ in the ‘…REPLACEMENT ACT’ means a person under the ‘…AGE OF 18-YEARS’ [CJA: No. 23 of 2015: Interpretation: Section 2].
QUESTIONS
‘…What ’17-Year-old person could have custody, care for, or control another ‘…17-Year-old?’
The former had placed ‘…SERIOUS CARE AND PROTECTION RESPONSIBILITIES’ on persons who have attained the age of seventeen years.’
BENEFIT OF KNOWLEDGE:
For the ‘…Benefit of Knowledge,’ the ‘CJA’ states for every ‘…CHILD-CARING PERSON’ to know that:
‘…Every person who, having attained the ‘…Age of Seventeen Years,’ and having:
(a) ‘…Custody:
(b) …Charge: or
(c) …Care of any Juvenile:
WILFULLY:
(d) ‘…Assaults:
(e) …Ill-treats:
(f) …Neglects:
(g) …Abandons: or
(h) …Abuses’ in ‘…ANY MANNER,’ likely to cause ‘…UNNECESSARY:
(i) …Suffering:
(J) …Injury to Health:
(k) …Loss of Sight:
(l) …Loss of Hearing:
(m) …LOSS OF LIMB:
(n) …Bodily Organ: or
(o) …Mental Derangement.’
GRAVITY AND PENALTY:
Colonialist ‘…LEGISLATORS,’ saw these as ‘…GRAVE,’ and for ‘…Judge and Jury Trial’ had prescribed the ‘…PENALTY’ of:
(i) ‘…EC$ 5, 000’ or to ‘…IMPRISONMENT’ for 2-YEARS: and
(ii) …EC$1, 500′ or to ‘…IMPRISONMENT’ for ‘…3-MONTHS’ [Juvenile Act: Section 5].
ZEAL AND ANXIETY: …LEGISLATIVE THOUGHTLESSNESS OR RECKLESSNESS
Seemingly, in their ‘…ZEAL and ANXIETY,’ if not ‘…Legislative Thoughtlessness or Recklessness,’ it saw ‘…LEGISLATORS’ concentrating more on:
(a) ‘…CHILD JUSTICE: than
(b) …PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY.’
The may have committed a ‘…SERIOUS LEGISLATIVE BLUNDER,’ thereby placing ‘…CHILD JUSTICE’ in the hands of a ‘…CHILD JUSTICE BOARD,’ than in the ‘…MAGISTRACY.’
SEE HOW LEGISLATORS WISELY LEGISLATED:
The enacted ‘…BOARD; shall compose of:
(i) ‘…A DISTRICT MAGISTRATE:
(ii) …A SOCIAL WORKER: and
(ii) …A MEMBER OF THE CLERGY’ [Child Justice Act: No. 23 of 2015: Section 6].
INTELLECTUALLY AND LEGISLATIVELY BRIGHT:
A ‘…Member’ shall:
(a) ‘…Chair and guide the ‘BOARD’S’ proceedings: one to
(b) …Submit ‘…SOCIAL INQUIRY REPORTS: and one to
(c) …Give Spiritual Guidance. He may Preach the ‘…GOSPEL’ of: ‘…Matthew: …Mark:
…Luke: and John…’
BENDED KNEES: …UNTIMELY DEMISE
Since ‘…LEGISLATIVE RESPONSIBILITY’ shall have been Placed on the ‘…PARENTS/GUARDIANS,’ the ‘…Legislators’ shall now ‘…BOW’ on ‘…BENDED KNEES’ and ‘…PRAY to the ‘LORD ABOVE’ for the ‘…UNTIMELY DEMISE’ of:
(i) ‘…YENNIFER BRIDGE 17- SUSPECTED STRANGULATION: and’
(ii) …ACHAZIA JAMES-15- ALLEGEDLY ‘…BRUTALLY HACKED TO DEATH,’ with a completely
and ‘…GRUESOME SEVERED LEFT WRIST.’
MAY THE LORD BLESS THEIR ‘…TEENAGED SOULS.’
