MANILA, Jan. 19, 2011— An official in the Catholic Church’s prison ministry is opposing the call for the reimposition of death penalty, as he warned that it may aggravate the problem of injustice in the country.
Rodolfo Diamante, executive secretary of the CBCP’s Commission on Prison Pastoral Care, stressed that the country’s dysfunctional justice system may lead to the conviction of the wrong person.
“With the kind of justice system we have, only the poor people will be penalized,” Diamante said.