| Re: No death penalty, says Zuma 13 Nov 2003 [boodskap #87742] |
So, 30 November 2003 04:32  |
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Zuma moet eerder haar sweeterige bolip afvee en kyk wat die Amerikaners
doen. Waarom het die Amerikaaners nog nie die doodstarf afgeskaf nie? Wat
doen die Kanadese i.v.m. doodstarf Gloudina? En vir interessantheid, in
Vlaandere, Norbert?
Spencer
"Frikkie Potgieter" skryf in boodskap news:ha1fsvgopt7v6ht5vh4eq72heci4f4lr5r@4ax.com...
> No death penalty, says Zuma
> 13/11/2003 17:30 - (SA)
>
> Cape Town - Deputy president Jacob Zuma on Thursday ruled out testing
> public opinion on the death penalty as part of next year's general
> elections.
>
> Replying to a question in the national assembly by Freedom Front+
> leader Dr Pieter Mulder, he said the law and government policy on the
> matter were clear.
>
> The Constitutional Court, in its ruling that the death penalty was
> unconstitutional, stated: "It is only if there is a willingness to
> protect the worst and the weakest amongst us that all of us can be
> secure that our own rights will be protected."
>
> Zuma said the bill of rights in the constitution, which needed a
> special majority to be amended, was to protect the rights of all
> South Africans, including the marginalised and the minorities, who
> could not protect their rights adequately through the democratic
> process.
>
> Mulder said the Constitutional Court had simply interpreted the
> constitution, and nothing prevented the assembly from amending the
> constitution.
>
> He called for a commission of inquiry to investigate whether the
> death penalty would not be a deterrent to crime.
>
> Taking a life 'is God's right'
>
> Zuma said the constitution was drawn up by the elected
> representatives of most South Africans, and one had to be responsible
> about the matter.
>
> "Taking somebody's life is not a right that we must exercise. It is
> God's right. It is God who gives life and must take life.
>
> "Whether you take it by a decision of the judiciary, or by shooting
> or stabbing, you have taken the life of a person."
>
> Because of certain circumstances, people might have different views
> on the matter.
>
> "But, I think the decision by the Constitutional Court was a very
> responsible decision, by very responsible judges, on this matter...
> and we are respecting it and we are supporting it," said Zuma.
>
> Democratic Alliance chief whip Douglas Gibson said he agreed the
> death penalty was a sensitive matter.
>
> "My view is that the death penalty is justified for aggravated
> murders and for the murders of policemen."
>
> The widespread call for the reinstatement of the death penalty was
> because the government had failed to bring crime under control, he
> said.
>
> Zuma said the government was satisfied progress had been made in
> arresting and punishing criminals.
>
> A sentence of life imprisonment - with no possibility of parole or
> pardon - meant exactly that, precisely because South Africa did not
> have the death penalty.
>
> It was an issue that had to be discussed, said Zuma.
>
> http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,6119,2- 7-
> 12_1445037,00.html
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| Re: No death penalty, says Zuma 13 Nov 2003 [boodskap #87777 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #87742] |
So, 30 November 2003 21:51  |
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"Spencer" wrote
Wat
> doen die Kanadese i.v.m. doodstarf Gloudina?
Doodstarf, Spencer?
Kanada het lankal die barbaarse en onchristelike
doodstraf afgeskaf. Ons lewer ook, soos baie
ander beskaafde nasies, nie meer iemand uit aan
'n ander land as daar doodstraf in daardie land
bestaan en die moontlikheid daar is dat daardie
land die doodstraf op iemand kan uitvoer nie.
SA het in 1994 vir die eerste keer tot die beskaafde
wêreld toegetree, toe hulle die doodstraf afgeskaf
het.
Gloudina
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| Re: No death penalty, says Zuma 13 Nov 2003 [boodskap #87779 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #87777] |
Ma, 01 Desember 2003 04:51 |
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 21:51:56 GMT, "@rogers.com" wrote:
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> "Spencer" wrote
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> Wat
>> doen die Kanadese i.v.m. doodstarf Gloudina?
>
> Doodstarf, Spencer?
> Kanada het lankal die barbaarse en onchristelike
> doodstraf afgeskaf. Ons lewer ook, soos baie
> ander beskaafde nasies, nie meer iemand uit aan
> 'n ander land as daar doodstraf in daardie land
> bestaan en die moontlikheid daar is dat daardie
> land die doodstraf op iemand kan uitvoer nie.
> SA het in 1994 vir die eerste keer tot die beskaafde
> wêreld toegetree, toe hulle die doodstraf afgeskaf
> het.
>
> Gloudina
>
Nòg 'n bewys van hoe onbekaafd jy werklik is, bouwer.
DD
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