FYI…
The death penalty has been abolished twice - first in 1987 and then again in
2006.
In the Philippines alone the Supreme Court said in 2004 that 71.77% of death
penalty verdicts handed by lower courts were wrong.
In 2007, the Philippines ratified the Second Optional Protocol to
the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which
requires countries to abolish the death penalty.
A study in 2009 titled “Do executions lower homicide rates: the views of leading
criminologists” revealed that majority of criminal experts or criminologists they
interviewed disagreed that death penalty can act as a deterrent or can lower the
murder rate.
88 percent of criminologists they interviewed disagreed that death penalty
can act as a deterrent to murder.
THE PHILIPPINES abolished capital punishment in June 2006 when President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo signed Republic Act No. 9346, also known as
An Act Prohibiting the Imposition of the Death Penalty in the Philippines.
The Philippines was the first Asian country to abolish the
death penalty under the 1987 Constitution
there is no credible evidence that the death penalty deters crime more effectively
than long terms of imprisonment. States that have death penalty laws do not
have lower crime rates or murder rates than states without such laws. And states
that have abolished capital punishment show no significant changes in either
crime or murder rates
Gloria Lai, Asia director of the International Drug Policy Consortium, says the
death penalty has not solved the drug-related problems of any country.
The death penalty for alleged drug offenders, like extrajudicial executions,
violates international law, deprives people of the right to life
As of today, 141 countries ha Amnesty International holds that the death penalty
breaches human rights, in particular the right to life and the right to live free from
torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Both rights are
protected under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the UN
in 1948. ve abolished the death penalty in law or practice; in the Asia Pacific
region, 19 countries have abolished the death penalty for all crimes
Various studies on the death penalty in other countries have concluded that there is no
evidence showing deterrence. For instance, the US-based National Research Council of
the National Academies released a report in 2012 “based on a review of more than three
decades of research concluded that the studies claiming a deterrent effect on murder
rates from the death penalty are fundamentally flawed.
VICTIM Perfect example of Reasons to abolish the death penalty
(It is irreversible and mistakes happen)
Leo Echegaray, was put to death by lethal injection under Joseph Estrada
Administration, marking the first execution after the reinstatement of the death penalty in
1999. The execution saw an embarrassing mishap when President Estrada decided to
grant a last-minute reprieve, but failed to get through to the prison authorities in time to
stop the execution. --- A wrong conviction meted with death penalty cannot be rectified.
A life lost cannot be brought back, no magic can
Death is not in anyone’s hands. Capital punishment or death penalty was given to a criminal
deemed unfit to live by the state as a punishment for his heinous crimes. Death penalty was in
effect since the beginning of the Spanish era, the Martial Law period, and Fidel Ramos and
Estrada’s time in the country (A timeline of death penalty in the Philippines). Death penalty
should not be implemented in the Philippines because the judicial system is faulty and it is
contrary to the catholic teachings.
Reasons to abolish the death penalty
It is irreversible and mistakes happen
It does not deter crime.
It is often used within skewed justice systems. In many cases recorded by Amnesty
International, people were executed after being convicted in grossly unfair trials, on the basis
of torture-tainted evidence and with inadequate legal representation
It is discriminatory.
It is used as a political tool. The authorities in some countries, for example Iran and
Sudan, use the death penalty to punish political opponents.
Is the death penalty good?
Ans: No, there is no credible evidence that the death penalty deters crime more
effectively than long terms of imprisonment. States that have death penalty laws do not
have lower crime rates or murder rates than states without such laws. ... The death
penalty has no deterrent effect.
Why is the death penalty bad?
It is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment. The death penalty is
discriminatory. It is often used against the most vulnerable in society, including the poor,
ethnic and religious minorities, and people with mental disabilities. Some governments
use it to silence their opponents
What does the Bible say about death penalty?
In the Hebrew Bible, Exodus 21:12 states that “whoever strikes a man so that he dies
shall be put to death.” In Matthew's Gospel, Jesus, however, rejects the notion of
retribution when he says “if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other
also
List of the Disadvantages of the Death Penalty
1. It is the ultimate denial of human rights when implemented.
It violates the right to life. It is the ultimate cruel, inhuman, and degrading
punishment. There can never be any justification for torture or cruel
treatment.”
2. The death penalty can execute someone who is possible innocent.
3. There is no going back after the execution takes place.
4. Family members of a victim are adversely impacted by the death penalty.
family members go through the capital punishment process after someone
they love becomes a victim, they have higher levels of mental, physical, and
behavioral health problems when compared to when the perpetrator receives
a sentence of life in prison
