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“Death Penalty: Re-impose or Abolish?”

Re-imposing the death penalty for heinous crimes in the Philippines

Philippines may also know because of so many heinous crimes, one of the biggest problems in our country that
cannot be solving by our government. However, Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine’s President thinks that death
penalty can lessen and resolve these problems. Capital punishment which is otherwise called "death penalty" is
a lawful procedure where the state sends a passing column detainee to execution as their discipline for a genuine
offense submitted. Capital punishment opponents expect a steep battle to prevent President Rodrigo Duterte
from re-imposing the death penalty, as he renews calls for the law as part of a "drug war" that has already killed
thousands of Filipinos.

The death penalty has been abolished twice before - first in 1987 and then again in 2006 after being reinstated in
1993. The last push for abolition was led by the Catholic Church, which holds considerable influence over
Filipinos in the largely Catholic country while Mr Duterte is an open critic.

   The newly elected President had his first conference on May 15, 2016 in Davao City, and during at this
moment, he will ask the lawmakers to approve death penalty for certain crimes and he said that what he will do,
is to urge the Congress to restore death penalty by hanging. Punishment will be given if someone had violated
the law and he will also give punishments to those who will commit “heinous crimes” such as rapists, robbers,
or car thieves who usually kill their victims. His first main target for the first six months is to stop illegal drugs
(CNN Philippines, 2016). 

President Rodrigo Duterte proposed to reform death penalty here in the Philippines to reduce the prevalence of
drugs and criminality. This law was implemented during the casual meeting of the President with several
lawmakers and other government officials at a bar in Davao City. When he was proclaimed as the president of
the Philippines, he celebrated his victory party and he announced that he prefers to convict the criminalities
instead of killing them by using lethal injections; he can accomplish all of these within his first six months.
Duterte deter crimes that the death penalty will be more retributions against persons who committed crimes.
Some of his cabinets were there such as Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, Citizen’s Battle against Corruption
(CIBAC) Partylist Rep. Sherwin Tugna, Palawan Rep. Franz Josef Alvarez, Masbate Rep. Scott Davies Lanete,
and Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Jay Velasco (Kabiling, 2016).

Death Penalty is not Justice

Crimes cannot be resolve by another crime. In my opinion as a concerned citizen of the Philippines, I am also
against this as a law. Yes, considered they have their reasons in putting the Death Penalty on the Law because
they thought it is one of the ways to solve the crimes and it will lessen the crimes because some of them will be
afraid of committing a crime because in just a single mistake you can lead you into the death penalty but they
should also consider what’s the sense of killing someone who commits crime? Can the life of the person who
was involved in what happen can restore the life of the victim? And also if we consider this Death penalty do
we make sure there are no more murderers, drug lords, criminal addicts and etc.

The decision to abolish the death penalty was influenced by four arguments which were expressed during the
debates of the Constitutional Commission. Firstly, the capital punishment, even if not carried out, was inhuman
because it traumatizes not only the prisoner but also his family. Secondly, there was no solid evidence to show
that death penalty had acted as an effective deterrent against the commission of serious crimes. Third, life was a
divine gift and as such should not to be put in the hands of human judge. And lastly, modern penal systems
favoured reformative rather that vindictive punishment (Amnesty International, 1997).
According to an essay about the practicality of death penalty by Valderrama, it was stated there that, “For the
death penalty to be practical and efficient, a fair criminal justice system is essential. However, The criminal
justice system in our country is full of defects such as faulty police work, coerced confessions, inept defence
counsel, perjured testimony and trial court decisions based on seemingly inconclusive evidence. In addition, the
Supreme Court, in a 2004 decision, made 72% judicial errors. How can death penalty be a practical one when
the judiciary of the country is inefficient and full of incompetence?” “We have to address the long pestering
issue of impunity. Poor law enforcement results in breakdown of law and order.”

The death penalty is not practical in the Philippines because it opposes to the culture of the majority of the
Filipinos. For we believe in the value of life. In a sense, people want death penalty because we don’t want
killings to happen yet we impose killing for killing. We may say that death penalty should only be for heinous
crimes but at the end of the day, yes, we know which crime requires severe punishment but do we know enough
to decide which life to take and when we take it?

Human rights is for everybody

Every life of a person is important no matter who and what you are. No matter how big or small has the person
committed crimes they have the right live. Criminal? Thief? Rapist? Murderer? What are they? They are still
human. Instead of killing those people they should pay more attention to the causes of crimes like poverty.

Death penalty violates a person’s right to live. According to Article 3 Section 1 of the 1987Constitution,
otherwise known as the Bill of Rights, “No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property". Imposing the
death penalty would violate the said bill. We should also put in mind that the Philippines is predominantly
Catholic and killing a person, whether guilty or not is against the law of God. As the CBCP once said, “Killing
criminals is not the answer to breaking the law. What should be killed is the cause of committing immorality,
and letting go of poverty, hunger and unemployment”.

Justice can be achieved in the right way, is it not enough to imprison him and pay for the sin he committed
without killing him? Death penalty does not only violate the right of people to live, it also damages the morals
of the people assigned to execute the inmates.

Conclusion

Death penalty isn’t always the answer for justice. We shouldn’t tolerate this kind of law. The death penalty
violates the most fundamental human right- the right to life

Therefore, I conclude that death penalty is impractical, not beneficial and unnecessary. For as the famous
Mahatma Gandhi would say, “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”

References

http://chr.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Position-Paper-An-Act-Prohibiting-the-Imposition-of-
Death-Penalty-in-the-Philippines002.pdf

https://gwapokami.wordpress.com/2017/03/08/review-of-related-literature-by-robert-supiter/
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