CAPITAL PUNISHMENT by Esthersis

THE INDEPENDENT

VOICES

OPINIONS

Life is a basic fundamental right.

 What a beautiful phrase!  Life is a basic fundamental right.

 When I ask those around me or I read articles about the death penalty, I notice there is a lot of controversy about it.

 We think that countries that have instituted the capital punishment are in development or are countries with authoritarian governments, but The United States or Japan, don't fit in this profile.

 The Capital punishment is used as exemplary, saves costs to society and many people still feel that "Whoever makes it, will pay for it" is the best measure of justice.  But reading the Amnesty International report on its last statistics about that, it concludes that this solution is not persuasive, crime doesn’t stop and  follows at the same level.

 I think the debate is not if it should be abolished or not. Moreover, I believe that there should be no discussion, because life is a basic fundamental right and everyone, even the most evil of all evils, deserves a second opportunity.

Then, where is the problem? Always, everything is easier than it looks…..

ESTHERSIS BRAVEHEART

 Winner prize Pulitzer 2014 for her Journalistic investigative report “I have spoken with a martian”.  he he he