Of Irate Public, Jailbirds And Job's Comforters

Of recent, some members of the public have been threatening to take the law into their own hands as an aversive response to the courts granting bailouts to murder accused persons in particular. One example follows an appearance before court recently of a police officer pleading with the magistrate not to grant a murder accused person bail to save his life. The police boss told the court that the accused person’s life was in danger as members of the public had vowed to take the law into their own hands should the accused be seen roaming the streets. It seems the people’s grievances concerning the issue of bailouts has indeed come to a boil, as The Monitor Staffer, PINI BOTHOKO, observes