Re-implementation of Death Penalty

Position Paper
Group 1
Amis, Cristel Joy C.
Edicto, Edam Levy B.
Fernandez, Chlouie Gabrelle C.
Galo, Sean Prince G.
Pacot, Joevil T.
Romero, Carl Justine B.
Villanueva, Zaihra C.

January 20, 2023

The beauty within always have a dark side. The Philippines known for its beauty but

also have a dark side were criminality is an ongoing problem. Crime is present in many

various forms in the Philippines and it lead to precautionary measure in the past. Death

Penalty is an unethical, inhumane, degrading punishment of criminality to serving justice in

the Philippines. It is the sentence of death imposed by court as punishment for a crime.

It dates back during Spanish colonization where independence fighters were

commonly executed for treason. The risk of judicial error is sharply increased in torture or

ill-treatment of criminal suspects is used to extract confessions. Such gave violations of

human rights are prohibited by the Philippine Constitution and by the key international

human rights treaties to which Philippines in s a party. In April 1997, an Amnesty

International delegation visited the Philippines and gathered testimonies of some of those

prisoners awaiting execution (Amnesty.org.ph, 1997). In 2020, following seventeen years

without carrying out the death penalty, the government executed ten people. Despite this

surge in execution in 2020, state executions reached their lowest number that year since

1991 (Gale, 2021).

The democratic government identifies over forty crimes to which the death penalty

could be applied. These offenses involve murder, treason, or committing another crime that

results in death. Many countries want Death Penalty to be abolished and many also agreed

to Death Penalty. Death Penalty should be re-implemented because it deters crime, cost

less than in life imprisonment, and criminals will not take advantage of vulnerable victims

and people if they are given severe punishment. Without the Death Penalty, criminals would

become careless and fearless, and would commit nonstop horrendous crimes.
 II. COUNTERARGUMENT

According to Alvarez and Tippins (2019). Legalization of Death Penalty is a must

back in their time, but for Laplante and Nolin (2014), Legalization of Death Penalty is not

much recommended because some cases are not proven, It is due to the fact that some

people are innocent and hereby declared as the suspect. Some, of the Filipinos also refuse

on this Legalization of Death Penalty because we all know how broke our country’s system

is as what Timberman D. (2019) said, “Philippine society, the state, and the modes of

political competition have changed since 1972, Still even the most positive views of

democracy in the Philippines since 1986 see it as a flawed work in progress; harsher critics

see it as a sham and a failure. Commonly cited flaws include elections tainted by violence

and vote buying, widespread rent-seeking and corruption, policies that have been benefited

elites and special interests at the expense of the poor majority, and a dysfunctional justice

system.”

Death is not justice. Revenge is not the answer. The answer lies in reducing

violence, not causing more death (Deans M. 1972). As a Catholic nation, there may be no

consensus nowadays that the death penalty brings justice. Catholics accept as true with the

simplest the Lord can determine a person`s destiny. The Death Penalty have to not be

imposed inside the Philippines due to the fact the criminal justice system is flawed in terms

of Catholic doctrine.

In addition to Amnesty International (2021), Death Penalty violates the most

fundamental human right – the right to life. It is the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading

punishment. The Death Penalty is discriminatory. 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

Criminal that committed an inhuman crime should be sentenced in death. Keeping

them in jail is just like protecting them, how imprisoning the criminal can give a justice for

those victims. According to Dylan M. (2021). People can create the argument that it isn’t a

punishment, but it sets a clear example to similar offenders or soon-to-be offenders that this

is an appropriate penalty for their crimes, which may be the only motivating factor for them

not to do it. Many people think that they can do what they want until they get caught

because they get a roof over their head and free food for however long.

To give justice for the victim of rape, murder and some inhuman crime. It is not fair if

those criminals are just going to lock up in jail for how many years, they must be sentenced

in death for what they have done. The dead cannot cry out for justice, It is a duty of living to

do for them (Bujold L. 1942). Without the death penalty, criminals would be more inclined to

commit additional violent crimes.

We do not believe on second chance, people change but some of them does not.

Giving chance to criminal who committed a heinous crimes to live by imprisoning is not a

justice for the victims. Legalizing the Death Penalty would be a great solution in our country,

it will be a warning to criminals to stop committing a crime (Alex H. 2021). There should be

Death Penalty to stop them from doing such a horrible crime, locking them up would not do

any better.
 IV. CONCLUSION
In conclusion, Re-implementing of Death Penalty will help to decrease the crime

rates and will help to keep this nation in peace and safe from criminals. The criminals

continue to commit crimes today because no law can scared them, they should suffer too

as how they suffered their victims which is equal to the crime they have been committed. It

is also thought that Death Penalty is the worst punishment since it does not only remove

criminal freedom by withdrawing their choice to live. We believed that death penalty is an

effective penalty (Lynch L. 1959). Re-implementing of Death Penalty must be done once

again because this country have many criminals that is not scared by the current law. By

this, we can improve this country with the help of Death Penalty in reducing crimes for

better and brighter future of this nation.

Therefore, when all of us agreed on Re-implementing of Death Penalty, it will be an

enormous help to us towards our country. To stop the spreading of precarious criminals, we

should start to encourage every individuals in this nation to re-implement the Death Penalty

so that we can aim the best justice we are looking for in this country.
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Edam Levy B. Edicto Zaihra C. Villanueva

Chlouie Gabrelle C. Fernandez Carl Justine B. Romero

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Joevil T. Pacot Sean Prince G. Galo
Cristel C Amis