PHILIPPINES: ZUBIRI, LACSON WANT TO RESTORE DEATH PENALTY

two senators in the Philippines called for the restoration of the death penalty, saying such a move would help deter hardened criminals and recidivists from committing heinous crimes. Senators Juan Miguel Zubiri and Panfilo Lacson said the death penalty as capital punishment should be restored in order to put a stop to brutal and violent killings. In the House of Representatives, Speaker Prospero Nograles proposed the start of a lively debate on whether to restore the death penalty or not.