Video introduction by Marcela Fonseca
Almost all democracies in the world have abandoned the death penalty. The United States, Japan and South Korea are the only exceptions.
The question is How many of the approximately 7,000 people executed in the U.S. during the 20th century were innocent?
This video is about Leonel Herrera that was sentenced to death due the murder of a police officer in Texas. But at the pass of time his nephew remembered that the brother of Leonel Herrera killed the police officer.
In Costa Rica the death penalty is not allowed as a punishment for criminals because our constitution says that live is inviolable. Nobody has the right to take the live of another.
In Costa Rica the death penalty is not allowed as a punishment for criminals because our constitution says that live is inviolable. Nobody has the right to take the live of another.
2 comments:
This video reflects the reality of a lot of people that had been executed with the capital punishment. To prove the inocence of a person is a very difficult issue for the lawyers and prosecutors. I think that everybody is innocent until it is prove the contrary. Sometimes the witnesses must confuse faces of characteristics and confess to the judges things that are not true and in some places the consequence is the capital punishment. It is neccesary that US, Japan and South Korea stop killing people with the death penalty. We are in the 21 st century and there has to be changes in the legislation of the countries.
This video reflects the reality of a lot of people that had been executed with the capital punishment. To prove the inocence of a person is a very difficult issue for the lawyers and prosecutors. I think that everybody is innocent until it is prove the contrary. Sometimes the witnesses must confuse faces of characteristics and confess to the judges things that are not true and in some places the consequence is the capital punishment. It is neccesary that US, Japan and South Korea stop killing people with the death penalty. We are in the 21 st century and there has to be changes in the legislation of the countries.
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