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00:00There is a proclamation in the Congress that the death penalty for heinous crimes is returned as a plunder.

00:06And if the public official is punished through the firing squad,

00:11that is what Professor Antonio Contreras will discuss in Punto de Vista, Professor.

00:22Thank you very much, Diana, and good morning to all of you in the studio.

00:26There is a proclamation in the Congress that the death penalty for heinous crimes is returned as a plunder.

00:40And the new proclamation is that if the public official is convicted,

00:48the method of execution is through the firing squad.

00:54And if the public official is convicted, the method of execution is through lethal injection.

00:59Let us think about this proclamation because the question here is whether the death penalty is effective.

01:06What is the purpose of the death penalty?

01:08To stop or scare people who have not committed a crime.

01:12But is it effective?

01:14And let us think about this because if we look at the world trends,

01:19now, 7 out of 10 countries do not have a death penalty.

01:24Only 3 have it.

01:26In fact, there are countries that even though they have a death penalty,

01:30they do not use it as much, like Indonesia, Thailand, and even Malaysia.

01:36So the only countries that use it are China, Iran, Somalia,

01:44and the United States because they have a death penalty.

01:46It is only in some states and not in others.

01:49The rules of the death penalty are based on the experience

01:54that sometimes, the death penalty is not really guilty.

01:59It is easy for us to say that those who have committed a crime are punished.

02:03What if at that time, it was proven that it is not a crime,

02:07especially if there is a DNA testing and it has been studied?

02:11Will you be able to return the life of that person?

02:14And sometimes, it is also in the law that the limitation,

02:18not just sometimes, but the limitation,

02:20for people who have a death penalty,

02:22is that they have no ability to defend themselves.

02:25If they are rich, they can buy a lawyer,

02:27they can hire a lawyer de campanilla who can defend them.

02:33But for the poor, they do not have that ability.

02:36That is why the limited punishment of death is for the poor and the poor.

02:42But one thing we should talk about here,

02:44is the death penalty effective?

02:47According to many studies,

02:49it is not effective to have the so-called deterrence effect.

02:53In fact, in America, the states that have a death penalty,

02:57the rate of criminality is even higher

03:00compared to states that have no death penalty.

03:04So, let us think about this.

03:07Especially when we will be using the term, firing squad.

03:15It is already 2024, we are already taking away everyone's rights.

03:20And when people ask,

03:22can we not just use the term life imprisonment?

03:26You know, my point of view here is not the punishment,

03:31whether it is a death penalty or life imprisonment.

03:34What is more serious is that it gives negative incentives

03:42or disincentives to commit a crime.

03:45What stops us from doing it is the assurance

03:49that if you are guilty, you will be punished.

03:52The assurance, the system of justice,

03:55is to treat people equally.

03:58And the assurance that if you are rich, you will be saved.

04:02That is what is more important.

04:04Because according to many studies,

04:06it doesn't matter whether you have a death penalty or not,

04:09crimes will be committed.

04:11However, the deterrence to crime,

04:13the most effective deterrence to crime,

04:15is the certainty that you will be prosecuted,

04:17the certainty of justice,

04:19and that the rule of law will be upheld.

04:21That is my point of view this morning.

04:24Thank you very much.

Punto De Vista | Panukalang death penalty para sa heinous crimes, tinalakay ni Prof. Antonio Contreras

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