India, Sept. 7 -- The unprovoked and brutal stabbing of a young Ukrainian refugee, 23-year-old Iryna Zartuska, on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, has ignited widespread anger and debate across the United States.

Iryna Zartuska had fled the war being waged by Russia on her home country. But her tragic death in what she thought was a safer space has brought to light serious concerns about crime in the US, and loopholes in the wider criminal justice system. The man who stabbed her, Decarlos Brown Jr, was a known criminal.

Iryna Zartuska's murder took place two weeks ago. It was August 22 when Zartuska, while riding a light rail train in her pizzeria uniform, was suddenly stabbed by 34-year-old homeless ex-convict Decarlos Brown Jr. ...