While the debate on whether the Malawi government should administer death penalty or not rages on. The legal parliamentary committee suggests that many Malawians are for it. The Government has not executed any for at least 15 years despite the provisions for that existing in Malawian laws. I would like to agree with the human rights activist Undule Mwakasungula that we should not kill the any Malawian.
WHY SHOULD WE KILL TO SHOW THAT KILLING IS WRONG???
Killing is the maximum penalty earthly systems can administer to a person. It assumes that our judicial systems (for example) is perfect! Oh may be it is. But what if the offender develops a sense of remorse soon after the killing of the other. Does s/he has a chance to live his corrected life? Does he still belong to the group of none persons that should be annihilated from this earth? Is it not the one who gives life has a right to take it? what about limitations in communication? yes this adds to the legal language.
Let us trend carefully on the ultimate punishment we are considering to enforce on our fellow beings.
This should be considered together with many others like ABORTIONS(Killing the voiceless and defenseless which need our ultimate protection).
Lets try to find a way of making these citizens productive to our economy if our other fear is that they are draining our resources as they serve their life sentences.
UNDULE YOUR FIGHT IS A GOOD FIGHT, KEEP IT ON!
