Editor’s note: Kandit wrote to Attorney General Douglas Moylan, Public Defender Services Corporation executive director Stephen Hattori, and the 15 members of the Guam Legislature asking whether, in light of violent crimes being committed during the typhoon response and the strain criminals are placing on an already-strained criminal justice system, they would support enhancements in sentencing for people convicted of committing crimes during a typhoon recovery period.
Sen. Chris Barnett wrote the following:
“I think that’s something our people would support seeing. It’s unfortunate we are even having this conversation, but the prevalence of meth and drug-related crime has changed the face of our island and eroded our sense of mana’ayuda and inafa’maolek. Those who would take advantage of our people and prey on them during the most difficult times deserve to be punished for it.”
2 Comments
Elsa
06/27/2023 at 2:00 PM
https://fns-prod.azureedge.us/sites/default/files/resource-files/Guam-pebt-3-0-plan-childcare-SY21-22-FINAL.pdf.
Children in child care. P-EBT released.
What about the kids that were in public school?
JB
06/28/2023 at 8:42 AM
Why do we wait for only disasters? It should be for every day. Lets make it 40 years for drug crimes or (sad to say) death for bringing drugs to Guam? If you factor the amount of people who are affected, not only the users but their family and friends, especially children.