Killers to pay for victims' funerals
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article5776333.ece
That is an excellent idea and, if I may say so, rather Islamic. The idea of restorative justice through "blood money" - of victim compensation by the perpetrator - would be fairer than small awards from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diyya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qisas
Choosing to pursue someone through the civil courts for compensation - where the burden of proof is lower - has been done before. The O J Simpson case comes to mind.
I do not myself see why other taxpayers should compensate the victim for a crime when they were not at fault.
Can someone explain to me why the current system is supposed to be better than making the wrongdoer himself personally compensate the victim?
If someone cannot adequately compensate a victim, then that might be a good reason for bringing back slavery. This would also solve the problem of obtaining cheap indigenous labour.
As Britain bobs uncertainly in a sea of bankruptcy, there is actually a huge potential of slave labour which could be humanely harnessed - with the possibility of manumission
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manumission
once they have paid off their debt - for the good of the nation ...
THE VOICE OF REASON Solon, (born c. 630 BCE—died c. 560 BCE), Athenian statesman, known as one of the Seven Wise Men of Greece (the others were Chilon of Sparta, Thales of Miletus, Bias of Priene, Cleobulus of Lindos, Pittacus of Mytilene, and Periander of Corinth). Solon ended exclusive aristocratic control of the government, substituted a system of control by the wealthy, and introduced a new and more humane law code. He was also a noted poet.
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