Stephen Lawrence: Gary Dobson and David Norris get life

Originally by: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16403655   Published: 4 January 2012

Two men found guilty of the 1993 racist murder of Stephen Lawrence in south-east London have been jailed for life.

On 22 April 1993 an innocent 18 year old Lawrence was brutally cut down in the street in front of eye witnesses by a racist thuggish gang, because he was black.

The police arrested Gary Dobson and David Norris and three other suspects in the months after Mr. Lawrence’s murder in April 1993, but the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) dropped the case, saying the evidence of a key witness was unreliable.

But after 18 years a jury found Dobson and Norris guilty of murder after a six week trial that hinged on new scientific evidence, so they will serve a minimum of 15 years and two months and 14 years and three months.

My reaction:

I find it very terrible that such things happen in this world. Racism still exists and everyone should give more attention to this subject.

Stephen Lawrence is one of the victims of racism and attacked by a group, only because of his color. Like said in the article “The crime was committed for no other reason than racial hatred.” This is just not imaginable for me, that people can kill each other, because of the skin color.

I think the government has to know that racism will not disappear very quickly and easy because it is in peoples mind and has to be cleaned out of there mind. So they have to continue with campaigns and commercials against racism. And of course every signal of racism should be punished very quick and hard.