Yes, I went back and questioned more at length another 15 or 20 responded from the poll. And they all seem to feel that if they find themselves in a situation in which they have to take some action, even if it means killing somebody, they'll do it.

I'll take it that Miami Herald poll and perhaps that a lot of people's feelings about crimes stem in part from this case of the booby trap victim, a store owner booby trapped his variety store raider in a black neighborhood, tell us about that case.

The man's name is Prentice Raschid, he is a black businessman who has a small store in a black high crime area of town. He has been burglarized, I think, 7 or 8 times over the past few weeks, had asked for help from the police and had not gotton any answer to his satisfaction.

So he went ahead and set up an electrical booby trap in the store. About a week and a half ago one morning, they found a young man dead in the booby trap who had been electrocuted while trying to carry out some stuff from the store.

In what has the public reaction been then? The public reaction has been an overwhelming support for Mr Raschid. He has been charged with man slaughter, and with setting up an illegal man trap. But our poll found that 79% of the population here feel he should not be prosecuted.