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To: Father Terrence who wrote (52219)8/19/1999 9:46:00 PM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 108807
 
A possible alternative to police forces and courts....

iht.com

JOHANNESBURG - When the police arrested a gang leader last month on charges of raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl, his neighbors did not hesitate to take up a collection for one of their own. Within hours, residents of a hardscrabble shantytown just north of here raised $670 and bailed Johannes Manamela out of jail.

Then they stabbed him, doused him with gasoline and set him on fire.

''The idea of paying bail for criminals and then killing them is liked by everyone,'' said Johannes Motaung, who gladly donated $22 for Mr. Manamela's bail....