Death Penalty?
The US president, Donald Trump, defended the death penalty to avoid shootings like the one that took place today in a synagogue in Pennsylvania and defended that the presence of an armed guard in the temple would have served to avoid the tragedy, whose balance, he said, "it's much more devastating" than previously thought.
"We should work on strengthening the laws related to the death penalty (...). So many incidents, in churches ... (the aggressors) should pay with the ultimate punishment, "Trump told a group of journalists moments before leaving for Indiana.
11 dead left the shooting in the US synagogue. The suspect, identified as Rob Bowers, 46, was arrested and taken to a nearby hospital for medical treatment. The incident occurred at a Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, says CBS News of Pittsburgh, when a subject entered the building and shouted "all Jews must die."
The president also considered that despite the security measures in the synagogue of the Congregation of the Tree of Life of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), the presence of an armed security guard could have prevented fatalities from occurring beyond the aggressor.
Pennsylvania has carried out three executions since 1976, all of the inmates who waived their appeals. "It is widely recognized that capital punishment in the United States of America continues to be imbued with the legacy of slavery."
Most countries, including almost all First World nations, have abolished capital punishment, either in law or in practice. The notable exceptions are the United States, China, India, Japan and most of the Islamic states. The United States is the only western country that still uses the death penalty.
Since the Second World War, there has been a trend towards the abolition of the death penalty. 58 countries maintain the death penalty in active use, 102 countries have totally abolished the death penalty, six have done so for all crimes, except in special circumstances, and 32 more have abolished it in practice because they have not used it during less than 10 years and it is believed that they have an established policy or practice against executing executions.
The death penalty was overwhelmingly practiced in poor and authoritarian states, which often used the death penalty as a tool of political oppression. During the 1980s, the democratization of Latin America swelled the ranks of abolitionist countries.
"capital punishment, like slavery, is predicated on the notion that some people do not belong to the political and moral human community."
Abolitionists believe capital punishment is the worst violation of human rights, because the right to life is the most important, and capital punishment violates it without necessity and inflicts to the condemned a psychological torture. Human rights activists oppose the death penalty, calling it "cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment".
Even though capital punishment was instituted in the the Bible in the Old Testament; I truly believe this is not the way how to handle horrible crimes. I would pursue counseling and grace for any human being that is capable to commit something sinister.
https://www.latercera.com/mundo/noticia/trump-defiende-la-pena-muerte-evitar-tiroteos-sinagoga/378696/
https://www.latercera.com/mundo/noticia/al-menos-8-fallecidos-luego-sujeto-disparara-sinagoga-pittsburgh/378471/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/pennsylvania-1
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/node/7177
11 dead left the shooting in the US synagogue. The suspect, identified as Rob Bowers, 46, was arrested and taken to a nearby hospital for medical treatment. The incident occurred at a Tree of Life synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood, says CBS News of Pittsburgh, when a subject entered the building and shouted "all Jews must die."
The president also considered that despite the security measures in the synagogue of the Congregation of the Tree of Life of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), the presence of an armed security guard could have prevented fatalities from occurring beyond the aggressor.
Pennsylvania has carried out three executions since 1976, all of the inmates who waived their appeals. "It is widely recognized that capital punishment in the United States of America continues to be imbued with the legacy of slavery."
Most countries, including almost all First World nations, have abolished capital punishment, either in law or in practice. The notable exceptions are the United States, China, India, Japan and most of the Islamic states. The United States is the only western country that still uses the death penalty.
Since the Second World War, there has been a trend towards the abolition of the death penalty. 58 countries maintain the death penalty in active use, 102 countries have totally abolished the death penalty, six have done so for all crimes, except in special circumstances, and 32 more have abolished it in practice because they have not used it during less than 10 years and it is believed that they have an established policy or practice against executing executions.
"capital punishment, like slavery, is predicated on the notion that some people do not belong to the political and moral human community."
Abolitionists believe capital punishment is the worst violation of human rights, because the right to life is the most important, and capital punishment violates it without necessity and inflicts to the condemned a psychological torture. Human rights activists oppose the death penalty, calling it "cruel, inhuman, and degrading punishment".
Even though capital punishment was instituted in the the Bible in the Old Testament; I truly believe this is not the way how to handle horrible crimes. I would pursue counseling and grace for any human being that is capable to commit something sinister.
https://www.latercera.com/mundo/noticia/trump-defiende-la-pena-muerte-evitar-tiroteos-sinagoga/378696/
https://www.latercera.com/mundo/noticia/al-menos-8-fallecidos-luego-sujeto-disparara-sinagoga-pittsburgh/378471/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/pennsylvania-1
https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/node/7177
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