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    Defend or Refute - Death Penalty As A Way To Secure Peace and Safety of Society

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    The document discusses the debate around reinstating the death penalty in the Philippines. It provides arguments both for and against the death penalty. It argues against reinstating the death penalty because it violates human rights, is opposed by the Catholic Church, and there is no evidence it deters crime. It suggests alternative approaches for the government to reduce crime like increasing social programs for the poor and reforming the justice system to be non-discriminatory.

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    Defend or Refute - Death Penalty As A Way To Secure Peace and Safety of Society

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    The document discusses the debate around reinstating the death penalty in the Philippines. It provides arguments both for and against the death penalty. It argues against reinstating the death penalty because it violates human rights, is opposed by the Catholic Church, and there is no evidence it deters crime. It suggests alternative approaches for the government to reduce crime like increasing social programs for the poor and reforming the justice system to be non-discriminatory.

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    The document discusses the debate around reinstating the death penalty in the Philippines. It provides arguments both for and against the death penalty. It argues against reinstating the death penalty because it violates human rights, is opposed by the Catholic Church, and there is no evidence it deters crime. It suggests alternative approaches for the government to reduce crime like increasing social programs for the poor and reforming the justice system to be non-discriminatory.

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    Defend or Refute - Death Penalty As A Way To Secure Peace and Safety of Society

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    Ruel Tarroza Guillen Jr.
    The document discusses the debate around reinstating the death penalty in the Philippines. It provides arguments both for and against the death penalty. It argues against reinstating the death penalty because it violates human rights, is opposed by the Catholic Church, and there is no evidence it deters crime. It suggests alternative approaches for the government to reduce crime like increasing social programs for the poor and reforming the justice system to be non-discriminatory.

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    Defend or Refute – Death Penalty as a way to secure peace and safety

    of society.

    In the past, we have noticed that newspapers and television news are always full of so
    many crimes happening in our country such as murder, rape and drug trafficking, and much
    more. But, how can our government solve the problems related to it?

    One of the controversial issues that the Filipino people once discussed and debated was
    the Death Penalty. According to Republic Act No. 7659 the Death Penalty is the punishment
    imposed on those who commit heinous crimes that are painful, disgusting, horrible and hateful.
    Some examples of crimes that can lead to the death penalty are parricide or the killing of
    parents or close relatives, murder or the deliberate killing of a person, qualified bribery or the
    bribery to do something, piracy or the piracy, kidnapping or the abduction, robbery or the theft,
    rape or the rape, and the drug pushing or the pushing of drugs.

    The death penalty may and may not serve the interests of Justice; perhaps, it could be
    used to suppress the freedoms and rights of the Filipino people. From the time of the Spaniards
    to the time of Estrada, the death penalty was used for political and economic oppression.
    Therefore, I strongly oppose the re-enactment of the Death Penalty here in the Philippines
    because it violates the Human Rights of an individual. According to the Catholic Church, it
    should not be returned because it is against God's law or no one else can take someone's life
    apart from Him.

    There are so many reasons why the Death Penalty should not be re-enforced in the
    Philippines because, first of all, we cannot say that the Death Penalty can lower the level of
    crime in the Philippines. No research has yet proven this. In fact, according to our former
    President Gloria Arroyo (2001-2010) she is not in favor of the death penalty.

    What the government should do to reduce the level of crime is to budget carefully for
    the people's coffers. If there are more feeding programs, health drives, and if the benefits
    available to the poor are increased, the number of thieves will be reduced and the money spent
    by the government for the detainees will also be reduced. The government must fix our justice
    system. There should be no discrimination in cases and court decisions when it comes to the
    poor.

    In all these matters, we can still be sure that in the eyes of God, justice must prevail
    and the guilty will be punished. And part of being loyal to him is the desire to carry out and
    reflect this justice. But attached to the administration of justice is the Lord's call to us for mercy,
    including loving even our enemies. An Old Testament prophet reminds us, “He hath shewed
    thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love
    mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God ”(Micah 6: 8). It is noteworthy that the law applies to
    us as to the event or justice and the law concerning kindness. It includes giving hope to sinful
    people like us.
    There is always a constant disparity between workers and capitalists. What do
    you think is the mistake? Who do you think is in the wrong decision? Explain
    your side by using the spaces below.

    As the income gap between rich and poor widens, there’s a growing suspicion that the
    game in our frantic modern economy is tilted against working people. The widely shared
    prosperity of the 1950s, when the American Dream seemed open to all, is beginning to look like
    a historical anomaly.

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