The death penalty sends the wrong message to society that it is right to kill people, a Catholic bishop warned. “But it is never right to kill people— even if it is done by the State,” he said. Calls to reimpose the death penalty in the country surfaced after a cop fatally shot a mother and her son in Tarlac on Sunday. READ: ‘How many were not filmed?’: Calls to end police brutality renewed after cop killed mother and son in TarlacThe bishop, however, cautioned that the capital punishment also sends a wrong signal that violence solves problems. Baylon stressed that there are other ways to make people responsible and accountable for the wrong they have done.

Source: Philippine Star December 24, 2020 09:45 UTC