SAfrica's Tutu calls for global ban on death penalty ahead of UN vote

[rodeodance]

I am in agreement.



http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071113/wl_afp/unrightsjusticedeathpenalty;_ylt=ApZOYsxYA0_KSw0yA_qeZh.s0NUE


SAfrica's Tutu calls for global ban on death penalty ahead of UN vote


Mon Nov 12, 11:31 PM ET



LONDON (AFP) - The death penalty is a violation of fundamental human rights, and it should be abolished around the world, South Africa's Desmond Tutu wrote in a comment piece in The Guardian on Tuesday.





Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former archbishop of Cape Town, was writing ahead of a vote on a draft resolution at the United Nations General Assembly calling for a moratorium on executions with the ultimate goal of abolishing the practice later this month.

"I am delighted that the death penalty is being removed from the globe," Tutu wrote, referring to steadily rising numbers of countries that have abolished capital punishment in either law or practice.

"The death penalty ... says that to kill in certain circumstances is acceptable, and encourages the doctrine of revenge.

"If we are to break these

[aikoaiko]

1. meh, I think some people should pay with their lives for the crimes they commit

I respect why people are against it, mostly, but some people just don't deserve to enjoy a single day alive after sufficient due process.

[wuushew]

3. No sufficient due process can be created by man

also death tends to be non-reversible.

[LeftishBrit]

2. Fully agree! Good for him!

[Der Blaue Engel]

4. I look forward to the day

when the US joins the civilized world on this.