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FILE – View from inside the lethal injection chamber at the Manila National Penitentiary, January 9, 2004. AFP PHOTO / Joel NITO (Photo by JOEL NITO / AFP)
MANILA, Philippines – Filipinos support the restoration of capital punishment in the country because they would like to feel safe from crime, an investigation launched by the Human Rights Commission (CHR) showed on Saturday.
At a live press conference on the 18th World Day Against the Death Penalty, key findings from the CHR study in collaboration with the Australian National University showed that Filipinos ” feeling of security and concern about being victims crime ”are the strongest predictors to support equity. punishment.
“People would like to feel safe and are concerned about being a victim of a crime, that’s why they support the death penalty,” Mae Labucay, co-author of the study In Defense of the Right to Life: Analysis of Factors Affecting Philippine Opinion on the death penalty, he said during his presentation.
Mae Labucay, co-author of the study In Defense of the Right to Life: An Analysis of Factors Affecting Philippine Opinion on the Death Penalty, presents findings on the attitude of Filipinos on the death penalty. / Live screenshot of CHR Facebook
Francis Tom Temprosa, who teaches refugee law at Ateneo Law School, said that supporting the death penalty for “feelings” can be unfair.
“One of the findings of the document is that Filipinos who support the death penalty do not do so based on knowledge, but on feelings. The support comes from the feelings because they mainly feel safe if the death penalty will exist, ”said Temprosa, who is also present during the press conference.
“Support for the death penalty based on that flawed premise will result in injustice,” he added.
‘The media have an effect’
Based on the study, Labucay also revealed that crime depicted in the media can have “heightened emotions of fear or anger” to press for more severe penalties, such as capital punishment.
Temprosa warned that the media can also highlight the “daily triumphs of the right to life” that can go against the death penalty.
During his fifth state of the nation address in July this year, President Rodrigo Duterte reiterated his call to Congress to pass a bill to restore the death penalty.
The death penalty was abolished in 2006 during the tenure of former President and former Speaker of the House of Representatives Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
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