If the paraphrasing can be pardoned, to hang or not to hang, that is the question. As we do so, it is worthwhile recalling that in recent history, the death penalty was abolished by S.W.R.D. The so-called ‘liberal lobby’ with the likes of Amnesty International is predictably against the death penalty. Their argument is that the way to deal with drug trafficking is through better law enforcement and not through the execution of offenders. It has been argued that the introduction of the death penalty does not always reduce the rate of drug trafficking.

Source: Sunday Observer July 21, 2018 18:33 UTC