Death Penalty News

The death penalty was abolished in the country in 1929. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador spoke on Wednesday about the recent proposal to restore the death penalty in Mexico. "I don’t believe in the death penalty and I don’t think it’s an option, an alternative,” he said in his press conference. The statement of the president is given after the Green Party proposed on Tuesday to submit for discussion the 4th Amendment of Mexico’s Constitution and the withdrawal of 2 international treaties to restore the death penalty in the country. The national leader, Carlos Puente, and the coordinator of his parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies, Arturo Escobar, also suggested that the Supreme Court should determine the cases of capital punishment. They said they propose the death penalty for those who commit the crimes of femicide and manslaughter to children under 18. The measure, according to the initiative, would be temporary “until Mexico returns to time...

Johannesburg - Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola may have all but crushed growing calls for the reinstatement of the death penalty this week after he described the campaign as flawed. Lamola said he would not be tempted by populist calls for the return of the death penalty. ”The reinstatement of the death penalty will not deal with femicide and other forms of violence against women and children,” he said. The campaign to reinstate the death penalty follows the brutal murders of University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana, female karate and boxing champion Leighandre “Baby Lee” Jegels, Northwood Primary School, Mitchell’s Plain pupil Janika Mallo, Ayakha Jiyani and her siblings Siphesihle, Khwezi and Kuhlekonke Mpungose. But Lamola maintained that the Constitution states that everyone has the right to life following the Constitutional Court’s landmark judgment in the 1995 case of convicted killers Themba Makwanyane and Mvuso Mchunu. Ma...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has once again brought up the issue of restoring the death penalty, vowing to approve such legislation if parliament passes it, after the murder of a woman by her ex-husband last week sparked nationwide outrage. “Everything is expected from the state. They insist on the death penalty and I, as president, say that I would approve the death sentence if parliament passes it. Today, I have the same stance,” Erdoğan told private broadcaster CNN Türk on Aug. 28. The president’s remarks came about a week after Emine Bulut was brutally murdered by her ex-husband, who slit her throat in a café before the eyes of her 10-year-old daughter. The video of the attack was published online, stirring nationwide outrage.  Video footage showed Bulut’s daughter screaming in tears, saying “Mum, don’t die.” Bulut was heard responding, “I don’t want to die.” A trial of Bulut’s murder case will take place on Oct. 9 and 60 lawyers will follow the case. ...