For quite sometime the matter of the resumption of capital punishment was at issue, and a few weeks ago a decision was taken, based on a conscience vote by the Members of Parliament, to put this plan into action.

Who makes the decision?

Now, my questions to the Members of Parliament who voted in favour of this are; who are you to determine whether a person should die or not? I agree that criminals are wreaking havoc in our little country - the senseless abduction and murder of women and children and other numerous cases of cold-blooded murders reported each day, but does that give us reason to stoop to such indecorous levels of immorality, by copying their actions?

Although statistics do not prove that the enforcement of capital punishment deters murderers, many believe it will, but the chances of the criminals not being caught, outweigh them being convicted and punished, so technically, this means nothing to them.

Be considerate

As Martin Luther King Jr rightly said "You may murder a murderer, but you can't murder murder". These parliamentarians need to take this into consideration.

Now, to tackle the possibility that an innocent life is taken by the State? What do you say to his loved ones when he is dead and buried and the real culprit is caught? You surely cannot resurrect him, so this is one of the reasons why the death penalty is not a good idea.

I am, etc.,

YANIQUE BROWN

thedondiva_08@yahoo.com

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