Capital Punishment, much better known as the death penalty, is a government sanctioned punishment by death. It has remained a constant favourite of the debate scene in the Philippines. The results of such talks are unstable and unclear. Looking at history, the said method of execution has been instated, abolished, reinstated and finally stopped through Republic Act 9346. The growing crime rate of the Philippines brought this issue in our midst again.
The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported the efficiency rate of solving crimes dropping from 68.33% of 2012 to 31.71% of 2013. Only 295,337 crimes were solved out of 1,033,833! Is Death Penalty an answer to this ever-growing crime rate? Senator Vicente Sotto III sought the revival of RA 7659 or the Death Penalty Law through filing Senate Bill 2080 repealing RA 9346, the act that prohibits the imposition of the Death Penalty in the Philippines. We oppose this judgment. From a youth’s perspective, this wavering judgment is alarming and dangerous. When it is something that would concern our country’s future, it certainly concerns everyone even the likes of the youth. We believe Republic Act 7659 or the Death Penalty Law should not be reinstated in the Philippine Constitution. First, it is immoral. The Death Penalty violates two essential human rights in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: the right to life and the right to live free from torture. The European Convention on Human Rights Protocol No. 13 bans the