A Position Paper on the Death Penalty for Sex Offenders in the Philippines

Marycris Anne Joy M. Profugo

Introduction
Death penalty is a kind of death penalty that refers to the death sentence for a person who
has been found guilty by the government of committing offences or capital crimes. The death
penalty in the Philippines is laid down in the Republic Act No. 7659, which allows for the
execution of the death penalty for some heinous offences, amending penal laws, as amended,
certain special penal laws and certain purposes for that matter.
During the pre-Spanish era, the death penalty can be traced, although it is uncommon for
the Filipinos. It was also enforced by the Spanish on local residents who rebelled and retained
during the American era. Who could forget about the Martial LAW 1965-1986, of course?
Although it was abolished during the term of Cory Aquino, it was re-imposed when Ramos came
to power. This even occurred in the terms of Estrada and Arroyo.
Today, Death Penalty has again been active in discussions around the country where the
Filipinos argue that it is practical, beneficial and necessary if it is re-established. When dealing
with this issue, we have to ask the question, "How can it be justified if, out of the will of
rehabilitation or a desire for vengeance, we do not realize that WE Already have formed our
justice system? "We view death penalty as impracticable, not helpful and unnecessary, for
different reasons and circumstances.
Disadvantages of Death Penalty for sex offenders
1. It teaches the condemned nothing.
What is the purpose of the penalty? We take our lead from one major source, our parents — and
there is no doubt that they took their lead from their own parents. When your child plays
outside and injures himself, you might scold him to be sure that he will never do it again.
When the kid is growing up and commits a crime, the time at prison will deprive him of the right
to go wherever he likes and to do whatever he likes. It's the punishment, and most people learn
from it. Nobody wants to go there, generally speaking. But when the child grows up and
harasses others for fun, and is killed in exchange, there is exactly nothing that they are able to
learn from it because they are no longer alive. Through killing him or her, we can't rehabilitate
them.
2. It does not help stop crimes.
When the knowledge of a punishment is intended to dissuade the victim of the crime, why kill
more people? One problem is that death penalty doesn't seem to work; it does not seem to change
the mind of all criminals to murder innocent people. It serves no purpose if it does not dissuade.
Criminals must be deterred by the threat of life in jail without parole.
3. It puts the life of innocent people at risk.
Death penalty is irreversible. Both the families of the oppressed and the victims of the murders
of injustices are definitely in favour. Yet how is it that the family of the suspected perpetrator of
such a crime is convicted, possibly, of a crime that they have not committed? The poor can't
afford good attorneys who would be able to protect themselves against allegations of horrific
crimes they did not do.

4. It is impractical.
This does not work because our culture and our economy are not ready for the death
penalty in the Philippines. But it will never make our country any better. To order to protect our
country from criminals, we chose to have the death penalty, yet imprisonment can do that. Why
don't we keep them rather than destroy them, for special work which might benefit us in many
ways, only such as Palawan Iwahig Prison and the Penal Farm, in which prisoners have to work
in farms? By this way, we save ourselves from the stigma to live human lives and do something
that will support our economy effectively at the same time.
CONCLUSION

            Therefore, I conclude that death penalty’s disadvantages ultimately outweigh its

advantages. There are many methods of death penalty but it is still inhuman. Thus, death penalty
is impractical, not beneficial and unnecessary. Legislators should consider all issues presented
by the public and listen to what they have to say. In a nutshell, the voice of the people should be
heard. For as the famous Mahatma Gandhi would say, “an eye for an eye will only make the
whole world blind.”
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