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I see the words "Is death penalty pro-life?" and I am overwhelmed by raw emotion; anger, despair, sorrow, hopelessness, and confusion. I am not thinking of the political and ethical debates regarding the death penalty and abortion; I am thinking of myself and my wife, children, and nation.
Coahuila, Mexico's state lawmakers voted on Tuesday, 22 to 10 to propose a constitutional amendment to allow state governments to reinstate the death penalty for lethal kidnapping, four years after being abolished nationwide.
Before the vote, Coahuila's Govenor, Humberto Moreira stated:
"In Coahuila the death penalty is not the issue, it's how we should kill the criminals; by firing squad, slashing their throats, hanging or something lighter, like lethal injection.We're at war, so let's deal with our enemies accordingly"
The death penalty was abolished in 2004 for civil criminal cases, but is still enforced in the military for charges of treason. The last execution carried out in Mexico was in 1961.
The grotesque acts carried out daily in Mexico by narco-cartels have caused many citizens in our deeply religious country to have a change of heart. Many feel immediate death to these monsters who are terrorizing our nation is the only sure fire solution to getting the upperhand over the cartels.
It is difficult, we are living a nightmare, but is reinstating the death penalty really the solution? I agree, returning to those words "Is the death penalty pro-life?", a part of me wants to say "Hell yes, the death penalty is PRO-LIFE; it's PRO my life, PRO my children's life, PRO every citizen in this country's life, but the question still remains: Will killing the lethal kidnappers and narcos stop the violence?
The ethical and moral question I have regarding this issue are minimal and straight forward: How does killing a man who has killed a man teach a lesson that killing a man is wrong?
To take a life when a life has been lost is Revenge, not Justice: Desmond Tutu
The social reprecussians could even be greater. We, as a country, are begging for the return of security, tranquility, and peace. How can we justify killing in our pleas?
Can reinstating the death penalty save our country? Will fighting death and execution with the same punishment return the beauty and tranquility we lost years ago? Will the narcos suddenly wake up in fear of not being arrested, but being sentenced to death, and call and end to the $80 billion dollar bloodbathed drug trafficking business? The answer is NO.
An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind: Gandhi
