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Naniniwala si Lingayen Dagupan Archbishop Emeritus Oscar Cruz na hindi epektibong pagpaparusa at pagkontrol sa kriminalidad ang death penalty dahil sa dumaraming bansa ang ipinawalang bisa ang batas.
“The 1987 Philippine Constitution in Article III titled “Bill of Rights” provides in Section 1 that “No person shall be deprived of life…without due process of law…” Thereafter, the same Constitution enumerates one human right after another. Question: Without the Right to Life, what are the many other Rights for? No wonder then that according to the Amnesty International, by the year 2015, there are now no less than a total of 241 Countries in the world that already abolished the Death Penalty,” pahayag ni Archbishop Cruz.
Ayon kay Archbihop Oscar mas mahirap ang mabuhay kumpara sa mamatay.
Ipinaliwanag ni Archbishop Cruz na mula sa pagsilang ng isang sanggol ay napakaraming pinagdaraanan ang mga magulang upang palakihin at arugain ang buhay ng kanyang anak kumpara sa pagpatay na kahit anung oras at ilang segundo ay puwedeng mangyari at gawin ito.
“This is why life is precious, and death is odious. This is why living is hard, killing is easy. So it is that even irrational animals do everything and anything to keep themselves alive. Life is precious even for non-thinking and non-emoting creatures. Why and how could life be cheap among supposedly rational and even educated if not illustrious individuals even?”paliwanag ni Archbishop Cruz sa Radio Veritas.
Iginiit ng Arsobispo na ano pa ang kahalagahan ng ibat-bang karapatan ng tao kung ang karapatan sa buhay at dangal ng tao ay hindi maisasa-alang alang.
“Without life, what is there? Without the right to life, what are all the other human rights for? So it is that to save lives is the basic rationale of physicians, medicines, vaccines. So it is that to preserve lives is the fundamental reason of hospitals, surgery, therapy. So it is that food, shelter, and clothing are evidently meant to promote and enhance life. And so it is that public service for the common good of people, socio-economic development for the better living of the human community, international relations for the universal warfare of nations – without life, what are they for, what are their rationale and worth for the dead?”paliwanag ng Arsobispo.
Sinasabi ng Amnesty International na ang death penalty ay “cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, and has no place in today’s justice system.”
Base sa 2009 survey sa mga miyembro ng American Criminology Society, hindi basehan ang capital punishment upang matigil ang paglaganap ng krimen dahil ito ay paraan lamang upang matupad ang hangaring makaganti.
