Pacquiao pushes for death penalty by hanging

[stiffbud]

MANILA -- Former world champion and now Senator Manny Pacquiao favors the revival of the death penalty.
Just like President Rodrigo Duterte, he wants it to be carried out by hanging.
"For me the death penalty should be by hanging,” Pacquiao said in Boxing Scene.
The boxing superstar believes hanging is more “humane” compared to lethal injection. He said it favors both the criminal and the doctors forced to assist in carrying out the sentence.
“The law should also state that doctors are not allowed to kill people," he said.

The revival of the death penalty is part of the 10 bills Pacquiao filed on Tuesday. Three out of the proposed measures, seek to revive the death penalty for heinous crimes involving drugs, kidnapping and rape.
“Death penalty, to me, is a just retribution for a crime committed by a certain person. Gumawa ka ng kasalanan, kailangang pagbayaran mo. But the punishment must be commensurate to the crime committed,” Pacquiao said in a separate report by Philboxing.
The bills, labelled as "priority," seek to amend R.A. 9346, which prohibits the enforcement of death penalty in the Philippines.
The other bills he filed are the following:
• An act mandating the Philippine overseas employment administration (POEA) to publish, disseminate and update a handbook on the rights and responsibilities of migrant workers, amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 8042, otherwise known as the “migrant workers and overseas Filipinos act of 1995,” as amended;
• An act creating the Philippine Boxing Commission thereby strengthening the country’s standing in boxing sports, ensuring the welfare of Filipino boxers, and providing funds therefor;

• An act providing for the restoration of mandatory military training for all Grade 11 and Grade 12 students by reinstating Sections 38 and 39 of Republic Act No. 7077, otherwise known as the “Citizen Armed Force or Armed Forces of the Philippines Reservist Act”;
• An act granting maternity leave benefits equivalent to 180 days or six months to all women workers in the government and private sectors;
• An act establishing the wireless internet access program in all state universities and colleges in the country and appropriating funds therefor;
• An act providing for the establishment of a community fitness center in every barangay nationwide and appropriating funds; and
• An act increasing the composition of barangay officials, amending for the purpose Republic Act No. 7160, otherwise known as “the Local Government Code of 1991”, as amended.

http://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/05/16/pacquiao-pushes-for-death-penalty-by-hanging

Thoughts?

[xht]

I think it's good for all countries impose the death penalty on all those who have severe problems with the law so they would think before do a crime.

[stiffbud]

I think it's good for all countries impose the death penalty on all those who have severe problems with the law so they would think before do a crime.

He is suggesting to do it by hanging instead of lethal injection.
Death penalty can considered but by doing it by hanging and let the people of the country to see the humiliating death? That's another option.

[rackam]

Hanging is obviously cheaper than lethal injection and the rope can be reuse. The purpose of killing criminals is not only to kill criminals but also to scare people who are planning to commit crimes.

[enhu]

Hanging is obviously cheaper than lethal injection and the rope can be reuse. The purpose of killing criminals is not only to kill criminals but also to scare people who are planning to commit crimes.

definitely cheaper.  pacquiao just follow the current president's suggestion. if they can just push the guilty criminals down the 100 step stairs, it can be better. 
and like john ruth said, you only need to hang mean bastards, but mean bastards you need to hang.

[escrowboy]

What a crack. He use bible as his guide for making decision in his life yet he choose to violate it by deciding to push death penalty?

[Fortify]

The Philippines seems to be a cesspit of gangs and solutions like these only gloss over the problems. Until you crack the problems of nepotism and fragmentation of institutions it will not be resolved by restarting the death penalty. When good morals rather than money reigns supreme, then justice can be served. Death penalties just give the perpetrators a quicker way out.

[kaitou.kidd]

He is an unreal boxer, but he's a ****ing idiot, doesn't like homosexuals and is all for putting down humans. While there are stories every once in a while that make me question my stance on it all, Manny seems far too dim witted to be making the decisions for a whole country.

[rackam]

He is an unreal boxer, but he's a ****ing idiot, doesn't like homosexuals and is all for putting down humans. While there are stories every once in a while that make me question my stance on it all, Manny seems far too dim witted to be making the decisions for a whole country.

Why are you angry are you homo? No one like homo lol.

[stiffbud]

Why are you angry are you homo? No one like homo lol.

If one of your family members appears to be a "homo", you still will not like em? If it happens to be the one who is " homo" is you, would you want everyone hatin on you just because of your sexual preference?

[rackam]

Why are you angry are you homo? No one like homo lol.

If one of your family members appears to be a "homo", you still will not like em? If it happens to be the one who is " homo" is you, would you want everyone hatin on you just because of your sexual preference?

I was abused by a homo teacher when I was 10. Homo are not humans they are animals.

[stiffbud]

Why are you angry are you homo? No one like homo lol.

If one of your family members appears to be a "homo", you still will not like em? If it happens to be the one who is " homo" is you, would you want everyone hatin on you just because of your sexual preference?

I was abused by a homo teacher when I was 10. Homo are not humans they are animals.

You didn't answered my question.
Why are you generalizing all of them just because someone did something bad to you?

[rackam]

Why are you angry are you homo? No one like homo lol.

If one of your family members appears to be a "homo", you still will not like em? If it happens to be the one who is " homo" is you, would you want everyone hatin on you just because of your sexual preference?

I was abused by a homo teacher when I was 10. Homo are not humans they are animals.

You didn't answered my question.
Why are you generalizing all of them just because someone did something bad to you?

The moment they become homo they cease to be part of my family. Homo are worst than animals. They are not normal. All homo I know is pedophiles.

[ardentvolcanoes]

lmao . it can be a good idea to lessen the crime rate in the philippines but i think it is more better to push the punishment where the criminals will get drown slowly to death or a law that is like the hammurabi law code . but they still need a plan of getting it to the law because we all know that theres a people who can manipulate the law in this country with their money and power i know that there's a person that is just framed up and gets punished even he did not commit a crime . the government needs to be fair , they should lend they ears to listen to the side of the poor not just to the rich that more powerful than them .

[Moloch]

The problem with the death penalty is that once you kill someone, you cannot un-kill them...

Many people have been convicted of crimes and then found innocent years later

If there is a death penalty, I think it should be done publicly, and people should be forced to watch at least once... like the good old days

I would also like to see the guillotine make a comeback... who doesn't love a nice guillotine?