I support whatever the data says is effective. All crimes, except murder, have been falling in the Philipines since the executions of drug dealers and other criminals for example. 

Well, I guess another way to just make the data look better is to reduce the reporting of crimes.

It's bull .u have a right to defend ur home .I have a nice 12 gauge shotgun because I will shot who ever trys to do this

I think it's logical that when you punish crime in a public and gruesome way it will lead to a reduction of it because no one wants to be the next guy out there. And studies bear out that cutting off of limbs reduces shoplifting. Deterrents work but they need to be severe and visually disgusting enough.

But if people are desperate enough they're not going to be thinking about the consequences because they already see their situation as hopeless. The best way to reduce it is by making them not feel the need to do it in the first place.

Police everywhere in the world have to investigate otherwise you get cases where someone invites another person to their home and kills them claiming self defence from a forced entry, in this case the police have found it's a genuine self defence so have let him go.

Stabistan 2018

Did you mean to post this in the YT shooting thread?

The purpose of the courts is largely to figure out how to handle complicated questions like this, so until a verdict comes out, I see little reason to react one way or the other about this.

To me it is simple. The burglar unlawfully entered this man's home with ill intent. If he wouldn't have been there, he wouldn't have died. No charges are necessary.