Three years into President Rodrigo Duterte's administration, the push to re-impose the death penalty is being taken seriously. There is urgency in providing options to the drug problem other than killing drug s
death penalty Philippines war on drugs overcrowded prisons prisoner's physical and mental health 1. Introduction In characterizing the global pandemic of 2020, the immortal words of Charles Dickens have never seemed to be more apt -, "[I]t was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishnes...
Does the death penalty actually deter crime? Does capital punishment deter murder? When was the death penalty started in the Philippines? Who abolished the death penalty in the Philippines? Is capital punishment a deterrent to violent crime?
The Philippines' new president-elect is upholding his campaign vow to bring back the death penalty to the Southeast Asian nation -- much to the Catholic Church's chagrin. Rodrigo Duterte, who ruffled feathers on the campaign trail with his fiery speeches, said Monday he would ask Congress to...
Accordingly, there seems to be ''no government power in greater need of public oversight.''3 The importance of analysing the death penalty also pertains to the persistence of wide-spread public support throughout retentionist,4 abolitionist in practice (de facto),5 and abolitionist6 states world...
astonishing. His work has had an incalculable effect, wholly for the good. At a time when the criminal justice systems in most European countries were hideously barbaric, he cut through all the traditional arguments and traditional complacency and attacked the death penalty and other abuses, such...
The Schiavo debate threw America’s former moral certitude deeply into question. Still, Borger asks, “How can a true ‘pro-life’ politician … also support the death penalty?” and she quotes Senator Sam Brownback (Kansas), “If we’re trying to establish a culture of life, it’s ...
the murder rate declined through the 1990s. In 2002 the Supreme Court ruled that the mentally retarded cannot be executed and that only juries can impose the death penalty — two rulings that affected nearly a quarter of death-row inmates. (SeeThe Death Penalty in the U.S.for a more detai...
A Gruesome Historical Argument Against the Death Penalty. May 4, 1990: A death-row inmate in Florida dies in a botched execution Latson,Jennifer - 《Time Com》 被引量: 0发表: 2015年 Beyond the hold of death: The issues and concerns of women formerly on death row in the Philippines This...
In 6 of the last 10 years, North Carolina has not sentenced a single defendant to death. Despite the reluctance of jurors to impose death sentences and the hesitation of prosecutors and politicians to conduct executions, the death penalty has been a significant expense for state taxpayers... Wh...