DiversityHuman.com - It's all about us. It's all about you! - Tag - last-resort-death-penaltyCurrent Events, News,Information Technology, Gadgets, Sports, Entertainment, Celebrity, Movies, Music, People & Lifestyle, Cuisine, Traditions, Culture, Opinions and many more!2024-01-21T16:42:17+00:00HumanFaceurn:md5:8298714dfbf94b920f08e4a21957b2dfDotclearThe Last Resort, Capital Punishment for Rapists (Death Penalty)urn:md5:b1b81e16230aba550128f38d6ea72ca32014-08-20T04:56:00+01:002024-01-19T14:23:18+00:00Maria_LEditoriallast-resort-death-penaltyrape-capital-punishmentrapists-death-penalty<p>Mahatma Gandhi once said "Eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." An influential spiritual leader and political activist who was a strong believer of non-violence approach on demanding for change. He was convinced that the power of peaceful methods can urge social changes. I used to believe that too until recently.</p>
<p>August 14, I woke to my social media news feeds on reports of a lifeless body of a 26-year-old young<a href="http://diversityhuman.com/hollywood/index.php/2014/08/17/anria-galang-espiritu-rape-slay-calumpit-bulacan" hreflang="en" title="anria-galang-espiritu-rape-slay-calumpit-bulacan"> woman who was r@p#d, killed and left floating in some rice field in Bulacan</a>. Like most people who expressed their anguish towards this tragic event, I felt the same way but mostly; I was frightened. I am fearful for my own safety, for my sister's, for my girlfriends' and for all the women out there. How safe are we when we go out into the streets? Most especially, what is our government doing to keep us safe from this?</p> <p>Photo: healthnewsline.net
Under Republic Act 8353 or The Anti-r@p# Law of 1997, the said crime is punishable by Reclusion Perpetua (imprisonment for 20 to 40 years) or Prision Mayor (imprisonment for 6-12 years). But are these sanctions enough to scare off an individual from committing rape?
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